Word: northwest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After being gunned down in front of his Northwest Washington house on January 30, Senator John Stennis, 71, was well on the mend. "The old man is in good spirits," said one of his medics at Walter Reed General Hospital. "He's still got plenty of fire. He blew his stack when he heard about the Arabs killing the American ambassador!" Stennis will have to spend another month or so in the hospital before he is ready for discharge, but he is already thinking about Senate business. At his suggestion, Senator Stuart Symington presented a resolution on committee funding...
...northwest corner of the library will extend several feet into the present road running between Widener and Houghton libraries. Bok said that the road will be slightly narrowed, but that this will not impede traffic because "we're planning to keep all vehicular traffic out of the Yard and use electric carts instead...
...Guard Association one night last week. Afterward, he drove his 1973 Buick sedan back to his $50,000 two-story brick home in one of Washington's better residential districts. Lined with tall ginkgo trees but lit by only the pale yellow glow of corner street lights, the Northwest Washington neighborhood has known little crime...
...been tipped off that Reporter Les Whitten, 44, was to receive some documents taken from the Bureau of Indian Affairs last November, when more than 600 Indians occupied and ransacked the BIA'S headquarters. Sure enough, Whitten's yellow Vega was parked in front of the northwest Washington apartment of Hank Adams, 29, a leader of the Indian coalition whose November caravan to the capital led to the BIA occupation. As Whitten placed a document-filled cardboard box on the sidewalk, three FBI agents handcuffed him and charged him with receiving and possessing stolen Government property. Four Indians...
Nova Friburgo is a three hours' drive northwest of Rio, well into the mountains. The town's population is around 100,000, and most people work for the tourists. There are 150 Mobral centers there. Two teachers we spoke to claimed 90% of their students actually pass the final test-about double the national average...