Word: northwest
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...next band (1944-47), the first and best of a long succession that bore the name Herd, was a hard-driving ensemble with a precision-drilled brass attack, modulated by a sophisticated Ellingtonian touch. The first Herd's explosive rendition of such numbers as Apple Honey and Northwest Passage appealed to just about everybody-including Igor Stravinsky, who wrote the Ebony Concerto for Woody in 1946. The second Herd (1947-50) tried to hitch up with bebop, but muffled its big beat in the process and dropped $175,000. In the '50s and early '60s, Herman leaned...
...Washington, D.C., students at American University blocked traffic in the northwest section of the city last night. Police used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators...
Pointing ??? map, Nixon said that the new operation would be aimed at "cleaning out" Communist sanctuaries on the "Fishhook" corridor, which extends along the border about 70 miles northwest of Saigon. The primary target is the headquarters of the Central Office for South Vietnam (COSVN), the Communist base directing the South Vietnamese war effort...
Thousands of South Vietnamese ground troops, accompanied by American advisors and tactical air support, surged across the Cambodian border 34 miles northwest of Saigon yesterday morning...
...Pacific Northwest: For gloom, this region is in a class by itself. March unemployment in the Seattle area jumped to 7.4%, up more than two points in a month and well over double the 3.2% rate of a year earlier. Reason: severe layoffs by Boeing (TIME, March 9). The electric utility Seattle City Light reports that its annual rate of cancellations and shutoffs has been double the usual 5%, indicating that many people are fleeing the area to scout for work elsewhere. For the jobless who remain, the Washington state legislature has voted to raise unemployment compensation from a maximum...