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Word: northwester (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Haiti is caught in a bind between Castro's Cuba, only 50 miles to the northwest, and Rafael Trujillo's bordering Dominican dictatorship. Duvalier would rather be accounted a member of the anti-dictatorial bloc, but that invites attack from Trujillo, whose gunboats already patrol Haitian waters and whose British-made Vampire jets fly patrols over Haitian soil. On the other hand, throwing in with Trujillo would be risky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI: In the Middle | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 10--A fourth Virginia community--rural Warren County in the northwest--was ordered today by a federal judge to open its white class rooms to 22 Negro pupils next week...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Eisenhower Says Dulles Illness Will Not Halt Talks on Germany; Integration Proceeds in Virginia | 2/11/1959 | See Source »

Alabaster & Bronze. In Madrid the huge granite blocks were cut and then sent 28 miles northwest by truck to the Valley. On top of a rocky crest, a great white cross reached 500 ft. into the air. From artists' studios and artisans' workshops came statues of alabaster, doors of bronze, choir benches with medieval-style carvings, a main gate that alone cost $62,000. In 1956 the Valley was all but finished, but by that time it had begun to cause the Generalissimo considerable embarrassment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: What Price Glory? | 1/26/1959 | See Source »

Today's weather will be fair with little temperature change. Northwest winds will be from 20-30 m.p.h., with the highest temperature near 30. Tonight will also be fair, with little change in temperature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weather | 1/9/1959 | See Source »

...also found that many a passenger grumbled about the offhand, grudging service Northwest gave its passengers. Nyrop played to the passengers' fancy with a host of new gimmicks that stress Northwest's "Orient" flavor. He put on Nisei and Chinese-American girls as stewardesses on domestic hops, decked first-class planes with flowers and gave passengers wintergreen-scented hot and cold towels (an old Oriental custom for soothing tired businessmen). Taken together, the changes did much to soothe Northwest Airlines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Smooth Weather | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

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