Word: southwest
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...Five years ago, Deputy Sheriff Timothy Scott of Coweta County, Ga., a rural area 40 miles southwest of Atlanta, had his own Bullitt moment. On a Thursday night at 11 p.m., as a second deputy watched from the side of the road, a car whizzed by doing 73 in a 55 mph zone. The deputy gave chase, his blue lights flashing, but the car accelerated quickly. It ran red lights, crossed double-yellow lines to pass other cars, and hit speeds exceeding 90 mph. Curiously, before every turn, the driver put on his blinker...
...four neighborhoods discussed in “There Goes the Neighborhood” are “Beltway,” a mostly white neighborhood on the southwest side that has a growing second- and third-generation Latino population; “Dover,” a Polish neighborhood that now has a significant blue-collar Latino population; “Archer Park,” a longtime bastion of Latinos, home to many recent Mexican arrivals; and “Groveland,” a South Side neighborhood of middle class black residents and a seat of historic black...
...debate a lot about what's going on inside Iran, how soon things might change in Iran. But what we have to focus on is what is in America's national security interest now and in light of our commitments that we now have in the Middle East and Southwest Asia." And his own conclusion was that U.S. interests required engaging with Iran - a view that has not been dominant within the Bush cabinet until...
...Virginia, both red state redoubts, incumbent Republicans held off tough challenges. But a large geographical shift of voter sentiment toward the Democrats in the Northeast and Ohio Valley was enough to push Democrats over the top . And two key wins in Arizona spelled trouble for the G.O.P. in the southwest and California...
...Could Southwest include positions on customer comfort and safety ratings in its mission statement? Sure. But that extra information might hinder, not help, employees looking to the corporate ethos as a guide for making decisions...