Word: distantly
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...There had been the dull ache of a divided family, split by the 1947 partition and the Line of Control established in 1949 after the first India-Pakistan war. But that seemed to evaporate with summer?s family reunion. Yet even that recent happiness is a distant memory now. Asked whether he had word from Muzzafarabad, the epicenter of Saturday's earthquake where an estimated 11,000 people died, Qumayom said absently: ?We have had no communication with them...
...perhaps because Caravaggio’s characters are not drowning in a sea of “baby-blue skies, clouds and cherubs.” Yet it might be an exaggeration to say that he speaks to us “without any need of translation from a distant century.” Does the painting of Judith killing Holofernes, for example, really “speak” that much to someone who has never heard the story? Doesn’t the viewer need some translation, no matter how “eloquent” Caravaggio?...
...Orleans holds a special place in my heart, so I greatly anticipated the issue of TIME that would come out following Hurricane Katrina [Sept. 12]. You did not let me down. From Nancy Gibbs' poetic story to the astounding photographs, TIME once again took me to a distant place and helped me understand the enormity of the storm's destruction. Laura Taylor Atlanta...
...Crimson’s sophomore sensation Lindsey Scherf finished second in 17:06.28. Others scoring for Harvard were sophomore Sarah Bourne, freshman Jessica Bryant, sophomore Eliza Gardiner, and senior Danilia Musante. The Tigers finished with 27 points, followed by the Bulldogs with 41, and the Crimson came in a distant third, finishing with 70 points. Next week the Ivy League rivals will meet again at the New England Championships at Franklin Park in Boston. —ANDREW R. MOORE
...modern Hitchcockian thriller with style and grace, “Flightplan” is set in a not-so-distant future ruled by streamlined aesthetic minimalism. The film begins in a stark, frozen Berlin where Kyle Pratt (Foster), an emotionally drained aeronautical engineer, boards a luxurious double-decker airplane. Accompanied by her traumatized young daughter, Julia (Marlene Lawston), Kyle is traveling to New York to return the body of her husband, who died unexpectedly under suspicious circumstances...