Word: farflung
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...humorous, satirical, but to be more than a jester . . ." It also announced firmly that it was not intended "for the old lady in Dubuque." More than a jester, today's New Yorker eyes far wider horizons than Manhattan's skylines. It travels with its "farflung correspondents" all the way from Third Avenue's saloons to Hiroshima, considers life and letters, as well as laughter, its province. Two-thirds of its 325,000 circulation is outside New York; it has 69 subscribers in Dubuque. Harold Ross, founder, editor and principal curmudgeon, is still head man in what...
...have the human or physical resources to dissipate our patrimony, generation after generation, in this manner." Naval operations in World War II had indicated clearly which were the important bases. Among them: Kwajalein and Eniwetok in the Marshalls; Saipan and Tinian in the Marianas; the Palaus, and perhaps such farflung winnings as Iwo Jima and Okinawa...
...vital supplies that unarmed, unescorted transport planes carry across Zero-infested Burma and over 17,000-ft. Himalayan passes to Kunming in China. These copies vault the top of the world and pass over "the worst stretch of country covered by any of the world's farflung war transport operations" to reach General Claire Chennault and his airmen. And every week 50 more copies reach key Chinese leaders via TIME Correspondent Teddy White in Chungking...
...That massive power plants, trim airports, handsome broadcasting stations and telephone buildings, gleaming factories and farflung highways, truly express the character of the day. Says Hugh Ferriss: "Architecture never lies...
...Allies' front line now encircles the globe. It is hinged on a half dozen great naval fortresses: Britain, Gibraltar, Suez, Singapore, Pearl Harbor, Panama. These fortresses are the key points in the Allies' mobility, vitally necessary if the Allies are to continue helping each other fight on farflung battlefields. By breaking any two of those key points (see below), the Axis could virtually cut hemisphere from hemisphere...