Word: northwest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...monsoon rains finally arrived in Bombay last week. But in Delhi, where temperatures hovered around 110° F., the people were still waiting for rain, as was much of India's parched northwest...
American and Vietnamese aircraft kept up a continuous bombardment throughout the three days I was in An Loc. Every sort of aerial weaponry was used: Catling guns, CBU attacks, conventional bombs and finally, two hours before sunset on Thursday, a B-52 strike 900 meters to the northwest against a Communist tank concentration. But the guns keep moving, and rounds keep coming in. Right now, the situation in An Loc is considered calm, despite the unnerving intrusion of an average of 200 rounds...
...eluded all attempts of capture. Though zoo officials insist that his tastes run to large dead rats and not small live children, wary citizens are not amused. The real worry is over the country's image. So far, the big bird has confined his flight pattern to the northwest section of the city where he often perches atop the National Cathedral like a gargoyle. Imagine the photographs in every newspaper in the world if he settled down to brood atop the Capitol dome or on the White House roof...
...scent of the devil is in the air, said the vicar of Miguel Pereira, as more than 100 women from all over Brazil gathered last week in this scenic, peaceful mountain town northwest of Rio de Janeiro. A smirking TV crew crowded into the local beauty shop, where business was booming. "No reason to get concerned over this conference," jeered a Miguel Pereira attorney. "It's mostly for women to give vent to their vanity." Sniffed a local garbage man: "If they want equality, let them collect garbage...
Sporting a Snoopy sweatshirt emblazoned I HATE LOSING and a cast on her ski-fractured leg, Ethel Kennedy welcomed 3,000 guests (admission $3) to her annual pet show at Hickory Hill for the benefit of Washington's Northwest Settlement House. A formidable range of fauna was entered, and most won prizes-the late Robert F. Kennedy's daughter Rory, 3, got one for the best-behaved fish. But with so many Kennedys in one place-including non-Candidate Teddy-physical as well as pet competition had to be included. Bobby's son Michael...