Word: northeast
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...refers to a magnetic directional heading, used by air controllers throughout the world to steer planes from the ground. Magnetic north is 0°, magnetic east is 90°, magnetic south 180° and so on. Thus, on course magnetic 30, the south MiG-23 is flying in a northeast direction. Moments later, however, at ground instruction, the pilot swings around, heads east-southeast, and eventually falls in line behind the Su-15, where he will stay for the duration of the chase. The other two planes are also vectored, or steered, by ground control into positions behind...
...northeast corner, the addition to the Fogg Art Musueum took shape, while in the southwest the Kennedy School of Government extension, the University Place office and condominium complex, and the new Coolidge Bank appeared, all contributing to the largest volume of simultaneous development in the area since the beginning of the century...
...Champion (tie) ECAC Champion 2nd in NCAA tourney Squash 10-0 4-0 Ivy Champion U.S. Collegiate Champ U.S. Amateur Champ U.S. Dual Match Champ Swimming 12-0 8-0** Eastern League Champ** 1st in Eastern Seaboards GBC Champion Baseball 27-8 15-3** Eastern League Champ** 2d in Northeast Regional Heavyweight Crew 4-1 -- Eastern Sprints Champ*** Cincinnati Invitational Champ (Nationals) Tennis 15-6 9-0 Ivy Champion Track 4-0 -- Heptagonal Champion* Women Sport Record Ivy Championships Cross Country 4-0 4-0 Heptagonal Champion* 4th at NCAA Meet Lacrosse 12-4-1 5-1 Ivy Champion NCAA...
...veneer of decorum that shrouds the baser competitive instincts at Newport, R.I., during an America's Cup summer suddenly seemed in danger of self-destructing. As rain clouds and brisk northeast winds rolled in for the challengers' semifinals last week, the four remaining foreign boats-Australia II, Britain's Victory '83, Italy's Azzurra and Canada 1-did their best to concentrate on the business at hand. But a series of byzantine maneuvers by American yachtsmen threatened to turn the dueling on the high seas into an off-the-water battle over rulebook technicalities...
...National Academy of Sciences committee that prepared the recent study on acid rain, I am concerned that your story [July 11] has misinterpreted our report. You implied that we concluded that reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide from plants in the Midwest would significantly reduce acid rain in the Northeast. Our report did not say this. While there is a link between sulfur dioxide emissions over the eastern U.S. and acid rain over the same region, the contribution of Midwestern sources to acid rain in the Northeast remains unknown...