Word: nearest
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...town's only physician died in 1966, there was no one to take his place; his modern clinic has been closed ever since, and the 5,000 people who live in and around the little northeastern Tennessee community were forced to drive 28 miles to visit the nearest doctor in a neighboring town. Several months ago, the Rev. Robert E. Button, 28, one of a group of citizens who had been searching for a new doctor, saw an advertisement in TIME placed by a junior college that was seeking funds...
...here. The universe is not infinite; we know that for a number of reasons, one of which is that light can't escape it. But some astronomers have estimated that there should be one intelligent technological civilization in every 500,000 stars. This would mean that the nearest to us is less than 1000 light years away. Signals that we have been sending out with our radio astronomy equipment can reach that far. Others ought to get the message that we exist about 900 years after we stopped...
Protesting their chief's removal, 160 angry tribesmen hiked 30 miles to the nearest district commissioner's office. They were led by Rekayi's defiantly bare-breasted wife, Matadziseyi, and a number of women who stripped completely -a common form of demonstrating contempt for authority in some parts of Africa. Most of the protesters, including the women, were seized and jailed after a scuffle. Left temporarily unattended in the confusion were 400 of the tribe's youngest children, as well as all of its precious cattle. "Two cows were taken by hyenas last night," said...
...came to Harvard in the autumn of 1924, an unintimidated freshman in an expectant and receptive mood.... The first time I entered the dining hall of Gore, which was then a freshman dormitory. I went to the nearest empty chair. As I sat down, I said hello to my two or three nearest neighbors. They must at least have looked in my direction; perhaps they may well have grunted a response to my greeting as a minimum concession to etiquette. But my clear recollection is that with very little recognition of my presence they went right on talking animatedly among...
...safety in their offices throughout the world unless safety prevails in the offices of Israeli companies." By week's end, the only noteworthy Israeli attack was against an army base near Asyut, midway between Cairo and the Aswan Dam, and about 200 miles from the nearest Israeli base. Apparently carried by French-built Super Ferlon helicopters, a commando force landed in the dead of night, lobbed several 122-mm. mortar shells at the base and left without a casualty. The Israelis caused no major damage, but again reminded Nasser that they can strike almost any Egyptian target with terrifying...