Word: southeasterly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...white banner adorned with four crucifixes loomed over the crowd at the Church of the Transfiguration in Garwolin, a rural community 40 miles southeast of Warsaw. THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR YOU, CHRIST, AT OUR SCHOOL, the banner said. In any other modern secular country, that message might simply have been a routine protest against the separation of church and state. But in Poland, where approximately 90% of the population is Roman Catholic, and the church is the only institution powerful enough to challenge the state, a battle over crucifixes in the classroom last week sparked one of the most...
...state's $10 million-a-year sugar industry. Other areas could be hit hard as well. Says Joe McClure of the Southern Region Office of the U.S. Forest Service: "Potential losses would be very significant if a long-term decline developed. Timber sales are just the beginning. The Southeast relies heavily on wood growing, transporting and manufacturing products from...
...district includes three distinct sections: the traditionally Democratic blue-collar New Bedford area, which still depends on commercial fishing for much of its livelihood; the more conservative and more elderly constituency on Cape Cod; and the affluent liberal suburbs to the southeast of Boston...
...principal issues in the campaign will be transportation and the environment. The quick completion of repairs on the Southeast Expressway, which connects the South Shore with Boston, heads the list of area concerns. The presence of toxic PCBs in New Bedford Harbor and cuts in the Coast Guard budget have upset district residents and are major campaign issues...
...been widely criticized for its use of the herbicide Agent Orange as a defoliant in Southeast Asia. In another report released last week, the Air Force concluded that there is "insufficient evidence" to prove Agent Orange caused health problems. Thousands of Viet Nam veterans have sought disability payments for ailments they attribute to the defoliant, including malignant growths and birth defects...