Word: westwards
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Adams took the first group westward by commercial jet across ten time zones. In Manila the subjects were rushed to a hospital where all the Oklahoma tests were repeated. Marked differences were found, but they diminished after a rest of about four days. They were less marked, and disappeared faster, after the return flight to Oklahoma City...
...matter are the "lost territories" east of the Oder and Neisse rivers-a 44,130-sq.-mi. chunk of prewar Germany that was ceded to Poland in 1945 by the victors of World War II. In the process, nearly 12 million Germans were uprooted and sent streaming westward in an apocalyptic migration that took 2,000,000 lives. Some 8,000,000 "expellees" remain in West Germany today, and though many have lost much of their fierce irredentist zeal, their presence is a constant reminder to the German government of the need to regain the lost territories and thus reaffirm...
...explained last week, when a backup relay -a breadbox-size fuse-blew on power line Q-29BW after Ontario had been requested by Syracuse to up the voltage. The blowout disconnected the line from service; when Q-29BW's load transferred automatically to four other trunk lines running westward out of Beck, they were knocked out as well. With no place to go, the peak-hour power buildup reversed its flow, cascaded eastward through two 230,000-volt tie lines across Niagara Gorge. In a wave that lasted only five-sixths of a second, the wild wattage surged into...
When the siege of Plei Me was lifted five weeks ago, the mauled Communist attackers faded westward into the uninhabited valleys of elephant grass and scrub-covered hills that for a long time have been their sanctuary. But this time a sanctuary it was not to be. The U.S. undertook what had rarely been attempted before in Viet Nam-a hunting expedition to seek out and destroy the retreating Reds rather than let them escape to fight again on their own terms. For a fortnight, the troopers of the 1st Air Cavalry got lots of blistered feet, fought some brief...
Adventure impelled Daniel Boone, in his eternal quest for a solitary fire near a fountain of sweet water, to move ever westward. Lord Byron, who had more than a passing acquaintance with adventure, eulogized Boone and his breed...