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  • Many past solutions have focused on capturing CO2 and simply storing it away – an out-of-sight, out-of-mind answer to a much more difficult question.

    Jason Sahler | Inhabitat 2009

  • In deeper federal waters, though – despite the similarities in how such wells are constructed and how sealing procedures can fail – the official policy is out-of-sight, out-of-mind.

    Gulf Awash In 27,000 Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells 2010

  • Much to the consternation of marine life advocates and to the relief of the out-of-sight/out-of-mind crowd, most of the damage is uncountably ensconced beneath the surface of the Gulf.

    Vet's view: 10 biggest animal news stories of 2010 2010

  • What is the process for cleaning up the millions of gallons of subsurface oil that now seems to be out-of-sight and out-of-mind?

    Kristen Psaki: Not So Fast BP Kristen Psaki 2010

  • While their's is a sad predicament, the risk is not isolated to this one isolated, out-of-sight, out-of-mind community

    A. Siegel: Another TVA Ash Spill 2009

  • TripAdvisor's new service will let users choose whether to include the fee for checking bags and buying alcohol or food on board, then see that addition reflected in the total price of a ticket -- ending airlines 'ability to keep those extra charges somewhat out-of-mind until a passenger checks in for the flight.

    Travel Site to List Fees Included in Fares 2009

  • Team was getting weaker and weaker, mainly due to the wrong qualities they had been absorbing from their out-of-mind manager both on and off the field.

    What difference Jose Murinho would have made for Chelsea at Carling Cup? 2008

  • The first thing the artists did was to ditch the traditional out-of-sight, out-of-mind approach to building a city dump.

    Phoenix On The Rise 2008

  • How can they be as out-of-sight, out-of-mind demonized Muslims under US occupation in the age of George Bush's wars against them that "won't end in our lifetime."

    "Worthy and Unworthy Victims" 2007

  • How can they be as out-of-sight, out-of-mind demonized Muslims under US occupation in the age of George Bush's wars against them that "won't end in our lifetime."

    "Worthy and Unworthy Victims" 2007

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