Word: northwest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That baroque pavement memorial in the residential Trionfale district on the northwest side of Rome is all that marks the site of the terrorist kidnaping that has traumatized the country. The only real sign of normality was the flower vendor at his usual corner. Having been kept away from the scene by the kidnapers, who slashed the tires of his truck beforehand, he was back selling flowers...
...Side is anything to the right of Fifth Avenue if you're facing north--that means Third Avenue, Second, etc. In general, even avenues run uptown, odd avenues run downtown. A couple run both ways, and Broadway is just plain weird. It runs diagonlly across the City from the Northwest to the Southwest...
Kabul, the largest city and capital of Afghanistan, is situated in and outside a triangular gorge between two towering mountain ranges, the Asmai, and the Sherdarwaza. The ranges, which run in a southeast and northwest direction, nearly meet just west of the old town and leave a narrow passage traversed by the Kabul River and local roads...
Velsicol is a subsidiary of Northwest Industries. The Michigan Chemical Company, the manufacturer of Firemast that began the PBB fiasco, is also a subsidiary of Northwest Industries. Both chemical companies are facing civil suits and criminal charges...
...government of Mali has tentatively selected the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) to advise that northwest African nation on rural health services in a four-year, multimillion dollar project, one of the institute's largest ever...