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• n  the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
• r  toward the west

• Does this spell the end of a process that brought cheap plumbers and chirpy barmaids westwards, anchored democracy and stability in the east, and reunited the European family?.
• They were people who were not happy with the occupation of their country by China (as almost all the Uighurs are) and happened to go westwards (towards Turkey) in search for a .
• Princeton, however, speedily decided the issue by scoring two clean-cut victories in succession, and the Westerners returned mournfully westwards.

• west
• due west
• westward
• W

News & Articles

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• What direction does Earth's center spin? New insights solve 300-year-old problem
  Scientists have solved a 300-year-old riddle about which direction the center of Earth spins. Earth's inner core, made up of solid iron, 'superrotates' in an eastward direction -- meaning it spins faster than the rest of the planet -- while the outer core, comprising mainly molten iron, spins westwards at a slower pace.
  Sept. 16, 2013 - Science Daily

Quotes

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• Niyazi in BBC News
  The ruptures in the fault are migrating westwards,Niyazi Turkelli explains, waving towards a map of Turkey on the wall with the active North Anatolian fault-line marked in red.
• Gideon Ezra in Ynetnews
  Interior Minister Gideon Ezra said, "We have made it clear that we will deal with lawbreakers in the most severe way. We will no allow the march to reach Gush Katif. All attempts to go westwards from Kfar Maimon will be dealt with immediately by the...