As the crew members enter the distant passage, with its altered space-time continuum, they testily debate one another, referring, in passing, to theories advanced by Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and Kip Thorne.
The distant passage of two tropical storms in the third year generated exceptionally high waves for the study area.
With the exception of the relatively distant passage of Hurricane Charley, calm weather prevailed for 45 days following completion of the south and central segments.
In a distant passage, Mrs. Tittlemouse meets Babbitty Bumble, a bumble bee who has taken up residence with three or four other bees in one of the empty storerooms.
This was less than 64 km distant; any passage over the Lech was facilitated by available bridges, both of permanent construction and temporary pontoons and a traverse through friendly territory.
Then there was the general lack of throbbing vibrato and the judicious introduction of the rounded phrasing of string portamento (both most notable in the wonderful violin passage with distant drums as the giants return with Freia, expecting to collect their loot), and a golden mellowness to the brass.
On 6 November, Defender, together with the destroyers,,,,,, Ilex,,,, and screened the capital ships of the Mediterranean Fleet, which provided distant cover for the passage of Convoy MW3 from Egypt to Malta and Convoy ME3 from Malta as part of Operation MB8.
On 6 November, Decoy, together with the destroyers Defender,,,,,, Ilex,,,, and screened the capital ships of the Mediterranean Fleet, which provided distant cover for the passage of Convoy MW3 from Egypt to Malta and Convoy ME3 from Malta as part of Operation MB8.
In 1990, Bowles, then aged 80, appeared in Bertolucci's distinguished version of The Sheltering Sky in the background of several scenes, observing his distant creations and reading passages from the novel on the soundtrack.
He recalls seeing a group of European Jews in London — "ghosts" amid the "pitiful ruins of their lives" — frantically trying to obtain passage to various distant countries.
One passage suggested a distant gamelan heard in fits over crackling shortwave radio; in another, an unaccompanied singer became a cybernetic madrigal consort suited to a Kanye West record.
