Because far-off benefits are usually perceived as less valuable than those occurring today or in the near future, we discount the future net benefits of malaria intervention to their value today.
He burst out laughing, because of how far off his estimates ended up being.
Nothing much the candidates are saying seems to be grabbing New Yorkers, maybe because the Sept. 11 primaries are too far off, or because the candidates are avoiding controversy to keep out of trouble.
But model interviews are not far off, because they are, by and large, extremely boring.
Smile, his openings all but promise us, because savagery is not far off.
Going out on his own means the potential for humiliation is never far off, because the naysayers in the running world are many.
Asked to confirm that Leveson himself would carry this out, Miller said she could not give that assurance because it was so far off.
Because hitting a ball far off a tee is still the most ego-satisfying part of the game for many golfers, the trend toward bigness continues.
He knew mobilization was possible, but he and the recruiter, a friend, figured it was far off, because New Jersey soldiers had just returned from Iraq.
It goes without saying that Congress deserves the most accurate possible estimates of the revenue effects of tax legislation, and no one denies that many past estimates have sometimes been far off because of unforeseen circumstances, such as recessions.
But the idea that young people won't support research because it's "too far off," as a philanthropy expert suggested, misses the point that the value of mosquito nets against malaria was discovered through research.
