| 1 | They lined the north-western frontier with soldiers. | |
| 2 | In the northwest of China, long dry periods wasted the land. | |
| 3 | The land slopes downward from the northwest to the southeast. | |
| 4 | The falls are about 17 miles northwest of Buffalo, N.Y. | |
| 5 | Douglas believed that the northwest should have two representatives in the cabinet. |
