Word: northeasterly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Afar triangle is a 40,000-sq.-mi. portion of northeast Ethiopia that lies at the juncture of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. It is a land of jagged mountains and cliffs, treacherous earth faults, active volcanoes and below-sea-level deserts where temperatures rise to a scorching 134°F. in the shade. Its only inhabitants are fierce nomads, one of whose reputed customs is to carve parts from battle victims and bear them home as trophies for their women. Yet the most awesome aspect of this Dantean terrain is the inferno that may be hidden...
During times of external stress, such as during the Northeast power blackout, people commonly band together in a close-knit fraternity until the threat eases. This bomb scare was a similar situation. There was an immediate threat to the lives of the passengers and crew and this common danger unified the group; there was a sense of solidarity through shared experience. The threatened community was not completely closed, however, Passengers were not allowed to leave the immediate area but police, airline, and FBI officials freely came and went...
...Share. The proposed merger continues a movement toward airline consolidations that began in November, when Northwest and Northeast Airlines agreed on the first major merger since 1961. If the Government allows American to buy out Trans Caribbean, Chalk will become probably the largest individual shareholder in American. He would get approximately 245,000 common shares, based on his last reported Trans Caribbean holdings. That would easily be enough to entitle him to a seat on the American board. Airline men think, however, that Chalk has had about enough of transportation ventures and will devote himself mostly to his other interests...
...animistic people of Madagascar, death is considered just another step in life. The dead are buried, but they are regarded as active family members, and their souls are believed to reside in the northeast corners of the houses in which they lived. Every four or five years, depending on the forecast of the family astrologer, their descendants dig up their bones, dress them in shiny new funeral silks and parade them around town in taxis. They introduce the dead to new members of the family, tell them the latest jokes, hire bands to play them the current hit songs...
...radiation into the air. To prevent this, the AEC continually upgrades its stringent operating standards, and reactors have a far better safety record than any other major U.S. industry. Most experts agree that the chance of a major accident is exceedingly remote. But accidents do happen, as the Northeast power failure vividly demonstrated...