Word: northwesterly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...grey, balding Dr. Fanstone, missionary for the Evangelical Union of South America, has been tending the ills of the people of the great Brazilian heartland state of Goiaz. Today, his gleaming, 130-bed hospital is one of the show places of the booming frontier capital of Anapolis, 875 miles northwest of Rio. But 58-year-old Dr. Jim can remember when he did appendectomies in his own kitchen...
...majestic Saguenay River defaulted on its promise. Jacques Cartier was fooled by the Indians' tales of a great kingdom in its valley, and of another empire beyond that, rich in silver & gold, diamonds & rubies. Explorers soon found that this icy, inky tributary of the St. Lawrence was no Northwest Passage: it was navigable for only 80 miles. Above the Indian village of Chicoutimi, "the end of the deep water," the river ran white and turbulent-and, it seemed, useless-from Lake St. John...
...story, titled 55 Minutes from Broadway, was an account of the life and death of Gilbert Pitt, recluse, who had lived for 81 years in a dirt-floored shack in the Ramapo Mountains of New York, 30 miles northwest of Manhattan. Together with his housekeeper, Maggie Gannon, he had passed much of his time avoiding the so-called conveniences of modern society. Last spring, suffering from a heart attack, he waited for the dogwood to bloom; then he died...
...bank will be in Ogden (pop. 43,700), the Eccleses' home town, George hopes to operate on a much broader scale than ever before. He believes that "a bank should be an instrument of growth, not just a place for people to put their money." In helping the Northwest to grow, ambitious George Eccles hopes to grow right along with...
...talk about moneybags? To save the country is the important thing." Honan delegates stood up, howling: "Our homes are in danger!" and started a walkout. Shantung men called for reinforcements. Shansi wanted more bombing planes. Mongols and Turkis asked if the government had forgotten that the northwest was a gateway to the Chinese heartland. "Trust us ... arm us and we shall fight the Communist bandits...