The buildings, though venerable, were, she maintains, not really part of the living history of New York — military bases being as remote as moons — and anyway, she said, "We're not a city that embraces its history.
The unlikely team touches down not far from Paradise Falls in a remote, alternately moon-like and jungle-tangled environment.
But it was always Achilles' choice that made the story seem as remote as the moon.
She stands, as we do, flat on the floor, but feels as remote as the moon.
When not converging on literally nothing, his pictorial schemes address objects that are either remote, like the moon, or obdurate, like the battered oak.
Today, the dream machines that I'd most like to see are in league with that moon remote — I don't pretend to understand the science that would permit their creation or govern their function.
For the average Briton, places like India were as remote as the moon, and only the tiniest fraction ever got to experience the splendour and luxury afforded to the colonial overlords.
The bloody skirmishes that took place on that same spot during the Democratic convention 40 years ago — young vs. old, students vs. cops, white vs. black — seemed as remote as the moon.
