Word: southeasternly
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...peasant and student army crept from the Sierra Maestra on the southeastern coast to the Sierra del Cristal 100 miles east, then to the foothills, avoiding decisive battle while the muscle grew. Three weeks ago, with rebels holding most of rural Oriente province and total rebel strength up to 8,500, Major Ernesto ("Che") Guevara launched the offensive in Las Villas, 150 miles from Havana...
...coach at Kentucky, Adolph ("The Baron") Rupp, 57, has fretted and fidgeted his way through 595 victories, lost only 103 games. His teams have triumphed with a pleasant monotony characteristic of the New York Yankees, won the N.C.A.A. championship a record four times, the National Invitation tournament and 19 Southeastern Conference championships...
This first state-wide scholarship for South Carolina students was given in the "hope that other Harvard men will see the need for National Scholarships" in southeastern states. Helmus commented, "Boys everywhere should have the opportunity to go to Harvard if they so desire and are eligible...
...southeastern Brazil last week came a strange tale of Stone Age savages living furtive lives only a few score miles from modern civilization...
...late summer of 1955 Britain called a conference with the aim of improving, in some fashion, this rapidly worsening situation. She invited Greece and herself--and, most important, Turkey. Turkey, one could say, has a legitimate interest in Cyprus, since the island lies within sight of her southeastern shore and since one-fifth of the Cypriot populace is Turkish; but the government in Ankara had, to this point, been quite nonchalant about the whole affair. Confronting Greece with Turkey was like waving a red flag in front of a bull. In no time at all the struggle for Cyprus...