Word: northwest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...react quicker against Viet Cong attacks. Finally, early this month, five whirlybirds arrived. Last week Cordell helicoptered over the jungle on the lookout for Red guerrillas, who farther south were being buffeted by a massive government offensive against the Viet Cong stronghold of Tayninh province, 50 miles northwest of Saigon. The government mission was a failure; forewarned, the Reds slipped away into the bush, lost only 45 men killed in seven days. But in the central highlands the Viet Cong did exact a heavy toll. From a jungle hiding spot, their fire ripped into Cordell's helicopter and sent...
...agency. In 1906 the pair began turning out the famed Silver Ghost, a car that stayed in production for 19 years. Royce was a fanatic on mechanical perfection, and his high standards have become the company's most hallowed tradition. At Rolls-Royce's auto plant in northwest England, Rolls cars (which are called "Royces" around the plant) are built with unhurried precision. Every part is hand-ground and matched to its mate. All told, the assembly and testing of a Rolls take about two weeks, v. four hours for a Cadillac...
yesterday, the Crimson team swamped the Coast Guard with an early lead and hung on during the last four races to win the Wood Trophy for the second year in a row. Winds were out of the northwest at only five to seven knots but constantly shifted through as much as 135 degrees...
...cops swooped down on a building where a fresh tunnel had just been completed. Eight men and women scurried through the passage to a West Berlin beer parlor at the other end, but one young man was sprayed at point-blank range by machine pistols. Three miles to the northwest, the Allies learned of the shooting and sped their ambulance to the border. But East German guards refused to raise the barrier, and the British army drivers did not force the issue; after an hour they turned back. A Red Cross ambulance also was refused permission to cross the border...
Although gale warnings flying from the Charles River Yacht Club Sunday morning exaggerated actual conditions, wind did blow out of the northwest throughout the day at speeds from 15 to 25 knots. The stiff breezes knocked over ten boats and forced several more which filled up with water to retire from the race...