Word: distantly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harry Truman, who regards himself as something of an expert on history, last week seemed to have forgotten some of the not-too-distant past...
...disorder as that of 1927. It was easy then for President Lowell to say "that one is working for an end outside and above himself, that one's labor contributes to a lofty purpose, is what makes it, and with it, makes life itself, worthwhile; and the more distant the end, the more grander the prospect." It did not matter then that President Lowell did not say what this ideal would be, of how vague and hard to reach the distant goal really is. For, in the blur of memory, 1927 seems a calm, untroubled year...
When Belgium's 21-year-old King Baudouin, the world's most eligible bachelor monarch, left to join his family for a visit in Italy, wishful matchmakers thought they could hear the distant peal of royal wedding bells. The object of their speculation: Princess Margherita, 22, a cousin of the late King Victor Emmanuel. It was more than coincidence, they insisted, that members of both families had met in Rome and Florence...
...mirages which nearly everyone has seen. Commonest of all is "water-in-the-road," which is caused by a thin layer of warm air above sun-heated pavement. The two layers (cold and dense above, hot and less dense below) "refract"* upward the light that reaches them from the distant sky. A motorist sees shining water (really sky) lying in the road. In hot deserts this sort of mirage is extremely deceptive...
Escape to distant parts is always the traditional method of evading responsibility, while taking a girl with you makes that escape infinitely more enjoyable. What, therefore, could be more logical than taking off with some beauty to a local spot known for its food, dancing liquor, or all three? The truth of the matter is that nothing could be more logical than this, yet the difficulty still remains of finding a suitable spot...