Word: southeasterly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will become an East/West conflict. Democratic candidate Peter Flaherty, Pittsburgh's whiz-kid mayor during the early '70s counts on strong support from his hometown and the surrounding industrial valleys, while the Republican contender, former Philadelphia District Attorney Arlen Spector seems to maintain the allegiance of the densely-populated southeast...
...unique situation last March. Michael, a student at Boston English High School, was at the Columbia MBTA station when he noticed three white youths attacking a Black man. He approached them and told them to stop. The white youths turned on Doherty and chased him onto the Southeast Expressway, where a car struck and killed him. When it happened, the significance of his action was nearly unrecognized by public officials, the local media, and the Covenant committee...
Despite his sacrifice of the scholarly life for the diplomatic one, Gazit lectured widely on international affairs and wrote numerous articles. Well--prepared for his academic turn, Gazit is now studying the Middle East policies of President John F. Kennedy '40. He contends that Kennedy's policies in Southeast Asia have obscured important gains the late president made in other foreign policy areas...
Conflict escalated both in Southeast Asia and at home. by spring 1969, Harvard students were no longer content with messages of support from the City Council. Members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) captured University Hall, the campus' main administration building, and stayed there overnight until a coalition of police from Cambridge, neighboring towns, and the state evicted them in a bloody roust that set off a massive student strike. By the summer of 1970, the violence had proliferated, and protesters smashed windows and set fires throughout Harvard Square...
Atlanta's position as the Southeast's business center and its commitment to air travel are closely linked. In 1961 the city built the region's first modern jetport, which helped attract a wave of corporate immigrants. More than 80% of the top 500 U.S. companies now have offices in Atlanta. The number of conventions held there has soared from 440 in 1968 to 860 this year. Atlanta's trade-show coliseum, the Georgia World Congress Center, already booked solid through 1989, is asking the state legislature for $86 million to almost double its size. Hartsfield...