But emotionally, Chagall never really left the muddy streets and onion-domed churches of Vitebsk, his hometown at the confluence of two rivers, 400 miles from anywhere.
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It is a testament to the cycles of fortune : hard proof that this now-dusty provincial town miles from anywhere was indeed the banking capital of China at one time.
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Bermuda is expensive _ it is, after all, a small Atlantic island 600 miles from anywhere, to which almost everything must be imported at considerable cost _ but a $ 500 weekend seems possible.
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The festival brings great music and great performers to a place a hundred miles from anywhere _ a place that happens to have, in the Snape Maltings, one of the world's great concert halls.
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"Lake Osceola is the more civilized part of it, " he said . " Middleton and Crail Farm are right in the middle of town and it's like you're a million miles from anywhere ."
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According to Lt . Beard, it is " miles from anywhere, [ and ] colder than Eskimo nipples . " Also unclear are the reasons for Fell's transfer though it involves an injured partner with recurring memory loss.
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On this rocky face that seems a million miles from anywhere, in a place so wide and open that all new arrivals are marked by approaching clouds of dust billowing up off dirt roads, there are preparations afoot for the new migration from California.
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So though there is a touch of desert island about the place and one feels millions of miles from anywhere { 4 }, one can always count on meeting half a dozen kindred spirits when one is asked out to dinner . { 5 }"
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But because of location ( 3, 000 miles from anywhere ) and history ( it was chosen as haven and last home by Fletcher Christian and nine other mutineers of the Bounty ), it is a destination of desire for countless dreamers who apply for admission each year.
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Another time, on a dark country road miles from anywhere, I crested a hill and came instantly upon a whole family _ mom, pop, and a gaggle of young-uns _ outfitted to the nines in designer workout suits, trotting in a knot in the exact center of my lane.
