Sentences with phrase «far as a mile»

BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP)-- A gas line explosion rocked a technology plant in northern Illinois Monday, sending trembles through buildings as far as a mile away.

The bullet from a.22 - caliber rifle can travel as far as a mile.

Not exact matches

Providers should not be allowed to accomplish blocking, throttling, paid prioritization, etc., further upstream in the network, just because the bill could be construed to address only the network facilities closer to consumers, such as the «last mile.»

But six miles inland, something just as unusual, if far less gaudy, is taking shape — the first coal - fired power plant in the Middle East.

Capable of moving up to 620 miles per hour — 40 miles per hour faster than the average commercial jet — Air Force One has the ability to refuel midair, so the president can travel as far as necessary without the need to touch down on dry land.

Apple is doing its part to cater to automobiles as well with CarPlay, which extends iOS devices into vehicles, but the company's efforts so far are miles away (again, pun not intended) from the total integration that Google looks to be working on.

Produced at a Lockheed plant in Troy, Alabama, the JASSM has a low radar cross-section that makes it difficult to detect and is designed to penetrate as far as 200 miles (322 km) into an adversary's territory.

They sent smoke as far south as San Francisco, about 60 miles away.

Successive explosions from the building storing the fireworks sent huge chunks of concrete flying as far as a kilometer (a half mile), according to resident Jayashree Harikrishnan.

The spacecraft also detected an ammonia belt extending from the top of the atmosphere to hundreds of miles into Juno's interior, as far down as Juno's instruments can see.

Further, as of now, about one in 20 rocket launches fails, or more precisely, explodes in a massive fireball that rains debris down for miles around.

And while a rewards credit card might net you extra points or miles and some extra consumer protections, charities pay extra fees to accept credit cards, so your contribution may not stretch as far.

Shoppers come from as far as Monterrey, Mexico's third - largest metro area, which is 150 miles southwest of McAllen.

If you offer a service or product in a physical location, most likely you will want to bid higher on those within a 5 - 10 mile radius, and the further out you go, the less you probably want to spend as they are less likely to make the trip.

They have been spotted as far away as Wichita, Kan., a full 1,377 miles from the test site.

This will be a major moment if successful, and will make SpaceX the first US company to successfully launch its first prototype internet satellites intended for low Earth orbit (200-1000 miles above Earth), a factor that would make them far more viable as a competitive alternative to ground - based internet than the current heavyweights in geostationary orbit (30,000 + miles above Earth).

The Blue Grass Stakes (GII) winner had another enthusiastic gallop, going 1 3/8 miles during the Derby training session, following not far behind Justify, just as he expects to do Saturday.

At present, commercial ventures have gone as far out as geosynchronous orbit, the telecommunication satellites that fly 22,236 miles above the Earth.

Meanwhile, if we lose the ability to respect that people can only go as far as their consciences will allow, we risk becoming mired in a muck of illusion, imagining hate where none exists, equating compelled behavior with authentic love, and losing sight of the fact that traveling together sometimes means that we walk the extra mile on one challenging road, and they walk it on the next.

This idea of Yahweh's available presence as limited to his territory, so that only a few miles away one must worship other deities, constituted the background from which larger ideas of God emerged, and far down in Israel's history its sway was felt.

On 30 April, Luther left for Eilenberg, Torgau, Borna, Altenberg, and as far as Zwickau, eighty miles south of Wittenberg.

One, about seven miles northwest of Jerusalem, was venerated at least as far back as the time of the Crusades.

«That was all the medical treatment he had and to my astonishment and to every one else that knew of the circumstances, the sixteenth day after I gave him the first dose of pepper he walked nine miles... and said he could have walked as far again.»

C&E works with farms along the East Coast — from North Carolina to Pennsylvania, as well as in Florida — and can haul produce from the field to the packing facility as far as 350 miles.

The HorseFly also carries an onboard ADSB transponder, which allows the UAV to track other commercial and private aircraft as far as 30 miles away, and adjust flight plans to stay clear of them.

The 60,000 or so bees in a beehive may collectively travel as far as 55,000 miles and visit more than two million flowers to gather enough nectar to make just one pound of honey.

In tiny Elkton, a historic agricultural enclave about 15 miles west of St. Augustine, locals have celebrated a parish fair on the grounds of the St. Ambrose Catholic Church as far back as the 1880s — probably not coincidentally around the same time the Datil made its first appearance in the area.

For as long as I can remember, people from near and far have raved about my mom's dressing, and it really makes me feel so connected to her even across the miles to prepare this for my family each year.

There are 12 stadiums that will play host to games, with a whopping 1,800 miles between the furthest as there could be some serious travelling for some teams.

With a range of 13 miles, Battery A's 155s were putting heavy metal on enemy supply lines as far off as the A Shau Valley, a key NVA logistical base 10 miles to the southwest, helping create such havoc that the enemy grew determined to drive the 300 or so Americans off Ripcord.

It's pretty well - known as this tiny mountain village that remains ultra cool even though it's relatively far inland because it's about a mile up in altitude.

We are worrying about Barca being miles better than us, well Bruce is well aware that Arsenal are just as far ahead of his Hull side, so he will be resting players as the Tigers also have a crucial game on Tuesday away against Ipswich!

As he hunts for marlin in the Kona waters off Keahole Point, Skipper Henry Chee can see, above him and far away — 25 miles away — sunlight shining on a different kingdom of hunters.

Five minutes earlier, in the second race at Pimlico, a 1 [1/16]- mile claiming event for cheap fillies and mares worth $ 8,000 - $ 8,500, So Sly and jockey Frank Douglas were racing sixth in a field of nine, moving three wide as they charged around the far turn.

In a secluded spot on the magnificent beach at Siasconset (for instance), looking out to Spain over 3,000 miles of unbroken ocean, a man is about as far away as he may hope to get from things in this shrunken world.

the problem with you is the fact your view of everything AFC is heavily distorted with your love and passion for the club... making rational and logical analysis is compromised when all you see is through a rose tinted spectacle... Dele Ali is far more robust, accomplished and ready than Iwobi, hard as that is hard for me to say, not saying he is the finished article, not by a long mile but he is in a different class to Iwobi right now, and that is the fact

Upon returning to the northern part of the US, which is as far as we could travel at the time, she then decided to keep both dogs because I was suicidal at finding myself in a new city, with zero emotional support, thousands of miles away from my former life in the SW and she thought it was what she needed to do to keep the dog safe, who was also dealing with the split, as it had bonded with the other dog and my ex.

How far you run should be determined by what your body is accustomed to — if you used to run six miles a day, you can continue to do so as long as you realize your pace will slow down.

He racked up more than 18,500 miles of personal use on his government car in 2016 for multi-day trips as far as Maine, but claimed only $ 530.48 worth of taxable benefits.

In some 40 towns, local party members join activists from as far away as L'Aquila, 400 miles to the south.

Officials of the Communications Workers of America, with 39,000 members, said they are fighting to keep Verizon from gaining concessions which would allow the company to transfer employees at will, move jobs oversees and require workers to commute as far away as a 100 miles daily.

As she begins her first congressional re-election bid, Rep. Elise Stefanik puts forth a record of long miles logged traveling her far - flung North Country district, close attention to national issues with a local twist — think Fort Drum — and a commanding lead in campaign cash.

The site has been on the state Superfund list since 1983 and is subject to several cleanup plans to remove contaminated soils and groundwater plumes, the largest of which has spread toxic chemicals as far as 3.7 miles.

As she begins her first congressional re-election bid in NY - 21, Rep. Elise Stefanik puts forth a record of long miles logged traveling her far - flung North Country district, close attention to national issues with a local twist — think Fort Drum — and a commanding lead in campaign cash.

Ponte racked up more than 18,500 miles of personal use on his government car in 2016 for multi-day trips as far as Maine, but claimed only $ 530.48 worth of taxable benefits for IRS purposes.

Jewel beetles have sensors that detect infrared radiation from forest fires as far as 50 miles away.

The DJI Mavic can fly for 27 minutes, up to 40 miles per hour, a far as 4.3 miles.

The inmates, who could be as far as 168 miles (270 kilometers) away, saw their doctors via a monitor set up at the prison.

The 320W brushless hub motor can give you a brisk 17 miles an hour and, fully charged, the battery has enough juice to get you as far as 15 miles away.

April 7th — Latitude 45 degrees 10 minutes, longitude 56 degrees 40 minutes, ran into a strip of field ice about 3 or 4 miles wide extending north and south as far as could be seen.