Word: farther
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have to look no farther than Waltham to find a good Jewish school playing some steady if not spectacular baseball. And though Brandeis University, which defeated Harvard yesterday, 7-5, didn't knock down the walls of Jericho with its bats, the win was enough to give the Judges their third consecutive Greater Boston League title and sixth straight win over the Crimson...
...launch site, thus assuring very accurate reception of telemetry, the performance data being beamed by the test missile. The huge eavesdropping antennas of the Kabkan base in Iran were almost on the Soviet border, only about 650 miles from the Tyuratam test range. By contrast, the Turkish sites are farther from the U.S.S.R. test area, and the Soviet missiles' electronic transmissions are partly blocked by mountains...
...result of airfare deregulation, getting there has never been cheaper. In some countries, notably Portugal, Italy and Greece, the dollar will go farther than it did two years ago. And, while the greenback continues to wilt elsewhere, it can still be stretched to wrap a memorable, moderately priced vacation. In fact, for the traveler who will settle for country candles over city lights, who has an appetite for food and drink modest only in price, this kind of vacation can be more rewarding than the traditional tour of the fleshpots. It will take him to towns as old as civilization...
...three-star hotels, the Mojácar and the Moresco ($25 for a double with bath). Dinner for two at several good restaurants should cost $15 to $20, while the beach cafes will serve a lunch of fried fish, paella, salad and a jug of wine for half that. Farther up the coast are Puerto de Mazarron and La Manga del Mar Menor, which has a new casino and two championship golf courses. In most villages there are summer festivals, many celebrating the lively local folk arts...
...Rather uncharacteristically, he even seems tentatively pleased with his own work. "I wanted to make a film that was more serious than Annie Hall, a serious picture that had laughs in it," he says. "I felt decent about Manhattan at the time I did it; it does go farther than Annie Hall. But 1 think now I could do better. Of course, if my film makes one more person feel miserable, I'll feel I've done my job." He is only half joking. It is no wonder that his original title for Annie Hall was Anhedonia, a psychoanalytic term...