still-distant

But many firsts remain elusive, and parity in all but a few state legislatures remains a still-distant dream.

Sam Bennett: Rep. Giffords and Christina Green: Inspiring Progress and Possibilities for American Women in Politics Sam Bennett 2011

But many firsts remain elusive, and parity in all but a few state legislatures remains a still-distant dream.

Sam Bennett: Rep. Giffords and Christina Green: Inspiring Progress and Possibilities for American Women in Politics Sam Bennett 2011

TOKYO—If Moody's Investors Service makes good on its threat to downgrade Nomura Holdings Inc.'s credit rating to one notch above "junk," observers say, it would cloud the Japanese brokerage's cherished but still-distant goal of becoming a global investment bank.

Investors Await Nomura Rating Decision Atsuko Fukase 2012

I lay down on the platform so that for a few moments I could see only the still-distant roof of green above me and pretend I was on steady ground.

Enjoyment 2010

And through the thickness of the night, he could hear the still-distant sirens.

Left at the Tracks 2010

But with the two parties feuding over health-care reform, Wall Street regulation and a host of other issues -- and the economy still uncertain after a deep recession -- there is considerable doubt that they could join hands to fend off a still-distant potential crisis.

Presidential commission to address rising national debt 2010

But with the two parties feuding over health-care reform, Wall Street regulation and a host of other issues -- and the economy still uncertain after a deep recession -- there is considerable doubt that they could join hands to fend off a still-distant potential crisis.

Presidential commission to address rising national debt 2010

One by one they crosschecked each other's performances, studied all that was known or suspected about their still-distant goal, and reacted to simulated disasters.

Tin 2010

But with the two parties feuding over health-care reform, Wall Street regulation and a host of other issues -- and the economy still uncertain after a deep recession -- there is considerable doubt that they could join hands to fend off a still-distant potential crisis.

Presidential commission to address rising national debt 2010

But with the two parties feuding over health-care reform, Wall Street regulation and a host of other issues -- and the economy still uncertain after a deep recession -- there is considerable doubt that they could join hands to fend off a still-distant potential crisis.

Presidential commission to address rising national debt 2010