Word: afar
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...family that remembers her as a young child. And her travels to Italy led her to a land of unknowns, where she didn't speak the language or have any contacts. So the project became about the collision of a place in the past where people remember you from afar and a place where you are untraceable. The Hong Kong footage focuses on her grandfather, who has lost most of his hearing and memory. He doesn't remember Agnes, and the shots of him preparing for the day are long takes, as if the filmmaker were examining a person...
...Daybreak Saturday brought more large crowds to the banks of the Mississippi - and this time many wished Tipper a happy birthday. We traveled the river together, greeting residents as we rode - some in person as we passed through locks and dams along the way, others from afar with a wave or a yell towards shore. A group of high school students camping on the shore of the river stoked their campfire and yelled in support as we drifted past. Local residents hung banners from bridge spans and boat launches situated along our route...
...says it right on the bumper sticker: Don't Mess With Texas. As Gore threw rocks from afar, Texas Monthly publisher Michael Levy quickly announced the till-November formation of the Proud of Texas Committee, a small "truth squad" of the state's bright lights worried about their image. "During this campaign, as in many others, I have observed that facts sometimes get bent or broken in reporting on a state as large and varied as Texas," said one member. "We want to keep the information that is disseminated about our state honest from now until...
...leave the CBS lot each week and letting them choose the $500,000 winner from among the final three contestants. (Early guess: In a house that has cameras everywhere, Jordan the exotic dancer and Jamie, Miss Washington 2000, will be among the last to be booted from afar...
...local representatives of the International Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Tall Subway Riders (IBSTSR) acknowledged my lanky, six-foot-five presence from afar as we rumbled on between Metro Center and Van Dorn St. after my second day of work. Seeing as how this train was more packed than usual, and seeing as how I had no chance of getting a seat, there was no place to look but down toward the ends of the car. That was where my eyes met those of the other tall folk, all over six-foot-three by my estimation...