Word: afar
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...went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican . . . And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other...
...Afar or nigh around, That I could think there trembled through
Five of the six Crimson singles entries won against Navy. Dave Watts, number three man, lost afar spraining his ankle slightly during play, but Captain Charlie Ufford. John Rauh, Art French. Gerry Murphy, and Bill Goodman all triumphed. In the doubles, only the number two team of Rauh and French was able to win. Ufford-Goodman, and a sophomore combination of Terry King-Dick Stone both lost...
...cured them of every complaint in the book, from stuffy noses and hemorrhoids to pneumonia and cancer. For years, the sick had packed the tiny front room of Shaasberg's house in Maastricht. The street was sometimes blocked by cars and chartered buses that brought patients from afar. No less remarkable than his popularity were Shaasberg's methods...
With the next Memorial Day classic still beckoning from afar, Tony is not neglecting his practice. In San Jose, Calif. at week's end for the season's eleventh A.A.A. race, Tony meticulously cased the track, religiously observed his pet superstitions (no peanuts at the track, no cameras before the race, nothing with the color green). When the only driver with a chance of catching up with Tony's point total for the season failed to qualify, Bet-tenhausen was in. But he still drove as if he had everything to lose. He took the lead...