Word: northeast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pound booster, composed of two solid-fuel rocket motors, was believed to be in an area 18 miles northeast of the launch site, where parts of the shuttle's crew compartment, one of its two solid fuel rocket boosters and other debris have been reported...
...they listened over their shortwave radios, with a battle raging sporadically around them, the British civilians stranded in Aden, the capital of South Yemen, could hardly believe their ears. A BBC announcer in London told them to assemble in "the northeast sector of the Soviet-embassy compound, repeat the Soviet-embassy compound, from which you will be taken to the beaches for evacuation...
...chorus responded. One of the astronomers gave directions, as though to an out-of-the-way restaurant: Begin with the Pleiades, a glittering cluster of stars known as the Seven Sisters, then look south to find two middling bright stars, then move half a binocular field to the northeast...
...million or more people by the year 2000) whose population will increase the fastest will be in Florida, California, Texas, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. Nevertheless, the Snowbelt-to-Sunbelt stampede is slowing. Says Lyle Spatz, of the U.S. Census Bureau: "It's leveling off and even shifting in the Northeast. New England has shifted its economy and attracted people." The future will remain less than cheery around the Great Lakes and in some parts of the Midwest: Cleveland is expected to lead large metropolitan areas with an 8.2% population loss, and St. Louis, which was ranked tenth among urban areas...
Insignia items are even more popular at smaller schools, said Christine O'Brian, assistant merchandise manager of Brennan College Service, which manages many college stores in the Northeast. She said students at large schools do not feel as much allegiance to their alma maters as their small college counterparts...