Word: northwest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Meanwhile, a 46-week-old strike in London has become a riveting symbol of the Labor government's failure to keep labor peace. Charter Road in northwest London has become the scene of ugly battles between police and protesters as a result of a walkout at the Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories...
...guard at the northwest gate looked a bit startled as Jones rolled in. But Jones had his congressional pass. He pedaled casually along the drive to the north portico, where Kings and Prime Ministers arrive in purring Rolls-Royces. He had decided beforehand that it was not necessary to bring his padlock. Jones glided right up to the steps. "Best parking place on the grounds," said the delighted cop. The Congressman flicked his kickstand in place, straightened his tie and went in to hear the most powerful man in the world talk about saving energy. Another Carter Administration first...
...later, police closed in on Curcio's wife at a farm where she and some confederates were holding a kidnaped wine merchant. In the fight, Margherita, 29, was shot dead. When the authorities finally trapped Curcio in January 1976, they imprisoned him at the remote island of Asinara, northwest of Sardinia, where he shared a small windowless cell with two other captives...
Then, at 1:45 p.m., a helicopter spotted a man walking by himself eight miles northwest of Brushy Mountain. A police car swiftly picked up David Powell, 27, a convicted murderer and the only black in the group. He offered no resistance. It turned out that he was the only convict from another cell block?he came from B?and guards theorized that he had had nothing to do with planning the break, that he saw men going up a ladder and simply joined the crowd. After the break, the others told Powell to find his own way. Shortly after...
When Portland Trail Blazer Coach Jack Ramsay arrived to take over his duties last spring, he announced: "I'm a Bill Walton man." The declaration made him a minority of one in the Pacific Northwest...