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  • Washington's pitch for such far-afield ventures has been that Europe too faces the threat of radical Islamic terrorism.

    NATO at the crossroads after Gates speech 2011

  • If we are going to take this seriously, not as a slogan or a sound bite, but as a serious public policy agenda -- then we need to accept that, as uncontroversial as it sounds, a real kids-first agenda is the most radical agenda in the state of California because it is so far-afield from the way our schools currently operate.

    Ben Austin: Agreeing on What's Best for Kids Ben Austin 2011

  • Washington's pitch for such far-afield ventures has been that Europe too faces the threat of radical Islamic terrorism.

    NATO at the crossroads after Gates speech 2011

  • If we are going to take this seriously, not as a slogan or a sound bite, but as a serious public policy agenda -- then we need to accept that, as uncontroversial as it sounds, a real kids-first agenda is the most radical agenda in the state of California because it is so far-afield from the way our schools currently operate.

    Ben Austin: Agreeing on What's Best for Kids Ben Austin 2011

  • Lazio, a Republican candidate for New York governor; and other far-afield Republican candidates like some on Long Island.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • A bit of advice: Skip the first 18 pages, in which Schlesinger orphans far-afield basic science history.

    Energy Bulletin - bart 2010

  • A bit of advice: Skip the first 18 pages, in which Schlesinger orphans far-afield basic science history.

    Energy Bulletin - bart 2010

  • Georgia; Rick Lazio, a Republican candidate for New York governor; and other far-afield

    Zee News : India National 2010

  • It makes no difference to me what Eoinc's point of view is, because both you and he have gone very far-afield of the subject at hand.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • It makes no difference to me what Eoinc's point of view is, because both you and he have gone very far-afield of the subject at hand.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

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