Word: northeast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...island is normally swept by tradewinds from the northeast, but the torrential rains pounding Puerto Rico early last week came from the southeast, borne by a tropical wave that stalled and refused to move along. In three days, up to 15 in. of water spilled from the skies. In the hillside barrio of Mameyes, an impoverished community of more than 1,500 residents above the south-coast industrial city of Ponce (pop. 250,000), the downpour caused little of the flooding that afflicted lower-lying areas of the island. The 30 degrees slope on which Mameyes' wood and corrugated...
...system ain't broke don't fix it--to the serious--no one wants to bust a buddy. Surely, such a cosmopolitan and enlightened a place as Harvard has no use for an anachronism that has traditionally been the hallmark of those preppy colleges nestled in the idyllic Northeast...
...best in the Northeast, the best in the Southeast, the best in the Southwest will all be there...
...thought it was one of the most exceptional events I've been to in my 40 years working for Saks Fifth Avenue," said Jerry Soodek, Northeast merchandising coordinator for the clothing store that co-sponsored the event...
Although demand for blood in the Northeast has dropped from last week's crisis levels, Marie Cloutier Dislo '83 of the local Red Cross said that demand remains high. "Too many people are still afraid that you can get AIDS from donating blood, which is absurd," Dislo said...