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Ajijic in 1966, looking westwards from the pier across the area that was later converted into a park.

Ajijic in 1966, looking westwards from the pier across the area that was later converted into a park. Photo in family collection of Marsha Sorensen; all rights reserved.   1996

I have inquired more than once of Curtis if he has the faintest idea to what quarter of the Atlantic we have drifted, and each time he has been unable to give me a decided answer, though from his general observation of the direction of the wind and currents he imagines that we have been carried westwards, that is to say, towards the land.

The Survivors of the Chancellor 2003

-- I have inquired more than once of Curtis if he has the faintest idea to what quarter of the Atlantic we have drifted, and each time he has been unable to give me a decided answer, though from his general observation of the direction of the wind and currents he imagines that we have been carried westwards, that is to say, towards the land.

The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger Jules Verne 1866

That side which looks to the westwards is a close-built wall, while that towards the east is erected on pillars, the length being from north to south.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

But, as Atatürk himself once observed, Turks always think westwards even though the west has always been prejudiced against Turks.

Disgracefully, Turkey's EU accession bid is going nowhere soon Martin Kettle 2010

And the second reason Metro offers for not building a more centrally located Westwood station is that they don't want to tunnel under a cemetery as they continue the subway route westwards.

John Mirisch: "My Metro, Right or Wrong": Metro's Greatest Hetz John Mirisch 2011

At the latitude of this earthquake, the Pacific plate moves approximately westwards with respect to the North America plate at a velocity of 83 mm/yr.

Japan earthquake is a seismic curveball 2011

Still brighter than any star, it dims a little from mag -2.8 to -2.6 as creeps slowly westwards on the border between Aries and Pisces.

Starwatch: The December night sky 2011

Cyclone Thane crossed the north Tamil Nadu coast in the morning and then weakened after moving westwards, the India Meteorological Department said in a statement on its website.

Cyclone Thane Hits Tamil Nadu Rajesh Roy 2011

Not long before sunset I walked out across the gorse and bracken of Mayon Cliff on to the grassy headland and looked westwards, past the Longships lighthouse, a mile and a half out on its rocky reef, though it looks much closer.

Country diary: Land's End, Cornwall John Vallins 2010