An even murkier case of word-shifting (following on from 'Decimate ...' previously).
Thomas Pynchon, born 1937 (now 76):
  
Photographs from late 50's early 60's.
1958-1964 Slow Learner (1984)
1963 V.
1966 The Crying of Lot 49
1973 Gravity's Rainbow
1990 Vineland
1997 Mason & Dixon (featuring 'tellurick')
2006 Against the Day (featuring Telluride Colorado)
2009 Inherent Vice
2013 Bleeding Edge (If someone finds value in this please tell me. I can't, yet.)
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From the OED:
Tellus : (from Latin 'earth') the goddess of the earth in Roman mythology; hence, the earth personified; the planet Earth, the terrestrial globe
tellurium : (from Tellus) one of the rarer elements, a tin-white shining brittle substance, formerly from its outward characters classed among the metals, but in its chemical properties and relations belonging to the same series as sulphur
telluric : derived from or containing tellurium
telluric : of or belonging to the earth, terrestrial; pertaining to the earth as a planet; also, of or arising from the earth or soil
[this next far-fetched leap from a seriously fragile & tenuous spring-board]
telos : (from Greek 'end') end, purpose, ultimate object or aim
teleology : the doctrine or study of ends or final causes, especially as related to the evidences of design or purpose in nature; also transferred sense of design as exhibited in natural objects or phenomena
telomere: the compound structure found at the end of a chromosome in eukaryotes, having only one spindle pole |
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Telluride, Colorado:
 
Alas, there is no Telluride in Telluride and never was. Like the rest of America it is fictional. It has now become a year-round resort, comparable to say, Rancho Mirage, used by the likes of the Koch brothers and Barack & Xi Jinping, or ... Disneyland.
 
 
The prostitute fell in love with the congressman:I want to take you away from this life.
Or consider distance: miles, kilometres ... leagues:
 
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