Up until now, insurgents have had free rein in vast areas of southern Afghanistan.
This, or something like it, is still the dominant view in vast areas of the humanities.
In vast areas of India, Mexico, the Middle East, and California's Central Valley the story is the same.
Glaciers will continue to shrink in the Himalayas, according to the IPCC, severely impacting the availability of water for farming in vast areas of south Asia and China.
For instance, in vast areas of Brazil smallholders grew black beans for local markets to make a living, and were also able to feed their families.
"If the U.N. peacekeeping mission is going to be able to fulfill its mandate, such as in vast areas as in Jonglei, we must be able to fly our aircraft".
Ian Fraser, Crew Union, Columbus Crew: Last weekend, the lights were literally out in vast areas of Columbus and even though the field was lit up in Crew Stadium, the Crew gave a lights out performance.
As the public comment period ends this week on a proposal to develop oil shale and oil sands in vast areas of the Rocky Mountain West, conservationists are making a stand on behalf of the area's national parks.
Permafrost covers some 4 million square miles (10 million square km)—an area seven times larger than the drainage basin of the Volga River, Europe's longest river making settlement and road building difficult in vast areas.
Worth perhaps $14 billion, he is intricately involved in vast areas of Italian finance, commerce and broadcasting with ramifications into almost every aspect of business and public life; his empire includes banks, insurance, property, publishing, advertising, the media and football.
