Now the position is reversed.China's government is not as susceptible to opinion-poll shifts as America's, and its people are likely to be preoccupied with more pressing economic concerns than with distant questions of climate change.
I have wished at times that she would be less impatient or distant when questions arrive about her past actions and mistakes, but I see no evidence to support the deep-rooted suspicions that often surround her.
This week's theme of young love continues, as a bride-to-be is concerned that her fiance has become emotionally distant... (Questions have been modified for space and clarity).
And in the not-too-distant future questions of the fairness and adequacy of Social Security taxes will move front and center when the country finally confronts the gigantic gap between Social Security's commitments and its projected revenues.
And rather than making it harder to garner support for a Pluto mission, as some researchers fear, the questioning of Pluto's status seems, if anything, to have advanced their cause.With luck, as astronomers learn more about dark and distant TNOs, the question of how to classify Pluto will become less controversial.
However, with samples coming from distant sources, the question arises of my ethical responsibility to contact the sample provider and make sure that the donor is informed.
But that time is still distant, with many questions unanswered.
"What's the last app you open before sleep?" In the not-so-distant past, the question might have been, "What do you watch before bedtime".
This question, the distant cousin of "my kid could have done that", has quietly endured.
Following the ancestors of modern human beings into the distant past raises the question of what is meant by the word human.
