Word: far-flung
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...match with shuttle times” and the fact that “Quad residents must spend 10 or so minutes traveling every time they want to go from their Houses to the Square or the Yard.” Oh, the humanity! Students at universities with truly far-flung campuses, like Arizona or Michigan, probably wouldn’t mind a 10-minute walk or shuttle ride to class. The same goes for commuter students at campuses like Bunker Hill and UMass-Boston. (Harvard has its own tradition of commuters, as described by the great alum Theodore H. White...
...passive poor people," says Anthony Costello of University College London's Institute of Child Health, which spearheaded the project. "What that doesn't do is tap into the solidarity, the collective memory, the sharing, the supporting." Where the Indian government has largely focused on improving access to treatment in far-flung areas, the Institute has aimed at prevention. And as it turns out, collective conversation is a powerful safety measure...
...giving a U.K. vote to people in far-flung countries may not yield a predictable result. When the Economist ran an online poll for people around the world to pick their preferred U.S. presidential candidate in 2008, Iraq was one of the few countries that favored McCain over Obama. In the U.K., there are no differences among the major parties on the country's Afghanistan policy - and certainly no big-name politicians calling for the 9,000 British troops to be pulled out. But that doesn't mean the U.K.'s newest voters won't have an opinion...
...does seem as if you're always on the road, reporting from somewhere far-flung. Yet in this current era of journalism, most of us are expected to report from our desks to save money...
...siblings fight, and some become closer during their parents' twilight years. The Hiatts have managed this period better than most. After years of talks with their five far-flung kids, in 2002 the parents moved from Boise, Idaho, to an assisted-living facility in Eugene, Ore., 10 minutes from Jeanne Walker, the daughter who has had the best relationship with their (often difficult) mother. At 59, Walker works part time as a nurse. Her older brother helps out twice a week, and their three siblings, who live in other states, spend their vacations on parent duty. When their mom complains...