Word: far-flung
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...underground movement in Germany, fights only to restore the Germany which he loved, which he wants his children to love. In his mind the struggle is between a way of life known to be good and one he believes to be bad. He risks his life not for some far-flung plan of reform but in the hope that he can help bring back the life he had known and pass it on to his children. His motivation is as simple at that, and one reason for the success of the play may well be found in this simple explanation...
...week to honor their tribe and business, founded there just 100 years ago. At table's head sat Grandson Bernard, president of Gimbel Brothers, Inc. and present family hetman. Knowing his genealogy as well as his retailing (to a Gimbel, the two are one), Bernard proudly enumerated the far-flung Gimbel line...
...officers of the Second and Third Armies, resting from their far from sham labors in far-flung sham battle, the GHQ's Chief of Staff spoke pregnant words. Said Lieut. General Lesley James McNair: "There can be no excuse for another Guadalajara...
...wildest-&-woolliest commercial airline in the world connects Free China with the outside world, lightheartedly o'er-leaping beaconless jungles and merciless Japanese. The Chinese call it the Middle Kingdom Space Machine Family; to foreigners it is known as China National Aviation Corp., operated by far-flung Pan American Airways in partnership with the Chinese Government. CNAC, a collection of seasoned pilots and even more seasoned planes, takes in its stride adventures which would not be believed if seen in the movies. Last week CNAC told a tale which topped its bravura career...
Tough Job. As Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must fight two wars: 1) the far-flung military and naval campaigns of World War II; 2) the vital economic battle at home to support 46,000,000 people while stoking the insatiable maw of Britain's military machine. In the fighting, the Empire seems to be doing reasonably well, considering its shortage of trained men and of material. The home front is different...