Word: distantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...points out that at a not too far distant date even the use of atomic weapons for the support of ground forces may be a possibility for the United States...
...cover-to-cover reading and called TIME'S Latin American Edition "a major instrument for understanding." Added the ambassador: "It helps our countries understand the United States and gives us a fresh look at ourselves." Air Express brought us a hatful of unexpected headaches. We were victimized from distant places by the foibles of nature and of man. Our Buenos Aires subscribers complained enough to make us realize that a July snow over high Andean peaks can ground TIME-carrying planes. Elsewhere, similar protests led us to the certain knowledge that some postmen liked to "collect" American stamps...
When wartime priorities strained the world's air transport to the limit, we took another tack. Photographs of the pages in a whole issue of TIME took up less plane space than a paperbacked detective story. So we flew to distant points film positives of our pages, from which local presses could print copies for quick delivery to civilians and to allied forces on nearby fronts. At war's peak, we were printing some 834,000 overseas copies at 19 places for distribution to 180 countries and possessions. Among the 19: Bogotá, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Buenos...
...over the world there are big and little brown rats gnawing away at the edges of Freedom. To dismiss these gnawings as being distant is unforgivable naivete...
Steeplechasing was developed by disappointed foxhunters who did just that. They chased steeples. If they failed to flush a fox, the rough & ready riders would set a course on a distant church spire, then set off hell-for-leather over any obstacle that got in their way. Last week's Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree was as rough & tumble as any oldtimer could wish. Only three of the starting field of 36 even finished the race...