Word: northern
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...death of Muhammad in A.D. 632, his followers had burst out of the Arabian desert to conquer and create an empire whose glories were to shine for a thousand years. A cavalry of God, they conquered the Persian Empire and much of the Byzantine, spreading the faith through Northern Africa into Spain, and through the Middle East to the Indus River. From there, devout Arab traders later carried their faith to Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. Other traders introduced the Koran to black tribes of Africa that lived south of the Sahara Desert...
Francis R. Sholock, budget director for the Central Artery project, said Monday that plans for improving the Central Artery "most definitely have not been scrapped. We have an Environmental Impact Statement, describing plans for improving the northern section of the artery, awaiting monentary approval in Washington...
Robert K. Sloane, chief planner for the Central Transportation Planning Staff, said Monday that while depressing the northern part of the highway will receive federal approval quickly because it presents few problems, the central and southern sections are more controversial...
...considerably more serious development, in Washington's view, was Viet Nam's continuing troop buildup in its now devastated northern regions, as if in preparation for further fighting. Hanoi has already moved several of its better divisions out of Cambodia to the north. According to Agence France-Presse Correspondent Jean Thoraval, who recently visited Viet Nam's northern frontier, thousands of militiamen and soldiers have taken up positions in the lush valleys and mountains adjoining the 735-mile-long border with China. Thoraval said Vietnamese officials openly predict a resumption of fighting within six months...
...Harvard bats, which had been much too passive in the first two Northern contests (Crimson batters had struck out a total of 19 times against UMass and Princeton, but 11 of those fannings came on called third strikes), went berserk in the sixth inning, as the hitters turned Pearl Harbor on the Horsehide and scored six runs to dispatch Navy's 1-0 lead...