Word: northeasterly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Reagan at the top of the ticket becomes more of a possibility when it is realized that the South and West will have more votes than the Midwest and the Northeast at Miami Beach (682 to 634). But he would have drawbacks. Said a former Goldwater stalwart in New Hampshire: "Reagan might be nice, but he will have a big liability from the nut faction-they'll all attach themselves to him and hurt his image. Unless we win over the independent, we'll be in trouble again...
...northwest corner of Leatherneck Square, Con Thien is well covered by U.S. guns. Approximately seven miles south of it lies Cam Lo at the southwest corner of the square. About the same distance east lies Gio Linh, at the northeast corner, with Dong Ha to its south. All four outposts, in addition to others farther south, notably Camp Carroll, can provide artillery support for one another or reinforcements if necessary...
...When the northeast monsoon begins pelting Con Thien with 20 to 25 inches of rain a month, the Marines and the enemy will both have trouble preventing their sodden fortifications from crumbling. Within three days last month, 18 inches of rain poured down on Con Thien, caving in foxholes. Continuing rains and Communist pressure last week closed the resupply route from Cam Lo-at a time when most of the CH-46 choppers used to airlift material were grounded for defective tail assemblies. The low monsoon clouds will hinder U.S. air strikes, but the rain will also cause problems...
While trying to "maximize hours in the air," he touched down in nine different cities in the Northeast on sixteen separate flights. Flying often on the same plane and on those he'd been on earlier, Rikhye hopped back and forth into the same towns and landed in one, Syracuse, twelve times...
...blend of homes, stores and factories and a population well on its way toward an ultimate 100,000. So far, the place has attracted only two plants and 1,200 inhabitants; lack of sales halted home building two years ago at the 12,000-acre site 25 miles northeast of Sac ramento, Calif. Now "For Sale" signs dot Sunset's vacant lots-also some of its occupied homes spotted here and there amid the expanse of thistles...