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Long Island City
Long Island City area of New York City, in SW Queens co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. An industrial and residential district, it has a waterfront on the East River and is connected with Manhattan by the Queensboro Bridge. Manufactures include food products, machinery, furniture, and footwear. Office growth has occurred there since 1980. The Isamu Noguchi sculpture museum is there.
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Exploring the Islands, From Rustic to Refined
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/5/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...can board the 550-passenger Island Queen, an excursion boat that...For information: 30,000 Islands Cruise Lines Inc., 800...largest of Lake Superior's islands, is a woodland wilderness...and no roads. About 45 miles long and nine miles wide, it traces...a distance. To get to the island ...
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Island life They come in many sizes. They can be isolated, romantic . . . or uninhabitable
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/6/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...the bluffs and Grape Island and recollect the memories...lands for nature." Hog Island -- where part of the...is to be filmed -- Long and Round islands, all in Ipswich; and...Misery and Little Misery islands in Salem Bay are owned...in Salisbury and Milk Island off Rockport, all a...
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Islands: Surrounded by Possibilities; From Cooking To Eating, Kitchen Unit Can Play Many Roles Series: 4/4
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/8/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...consideration if you plan to use the island for both cooking and eating...is set up on a small cooking island. The cook top will dominate...seem fine on the far side of a long bar that's also used for...serving and eating bar shares an island with a cook top or sink, consider...utility portion. ...
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THE ISLANDS
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 8/11/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...presence of asbestos. Georges Island The transportation hub of the Harbor Islands. Ferry transportation from Boston...harbor. Visitors discouraged. Long Island Public access restricted. Home to Long Island Head Light and Boston so-cial...
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Islands Are Important in Ecological Studies
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 4/25/1996; 700+ words
; ...and extinction.He defines islands to be ``isolated landscapes...CHADWICK, Host: Just the word `island' is so remote from the ordinary...evolution and extinction. Islands are especially conducive to...makes evolution possible, and islands provide that sort of isolation...It is what I call the ...
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92 islands 'vulnerable to being claimed by foreigners'.
Newspaper article from: Jakarta Post; 5/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...had intensifi ed patrols around its outer islands to prevent intruders from illegally entering the area. Maluku has 18 outer islands, mostly uninhabited. Eight outer islands are located in the Aru Island regency and the other 10 are in Southwest...
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 "Portland Press Herald (Maine)")
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Treasured islands ; Unique in their pristine nature amid the bustle of southern Maine, the dozen islands off Cape Porpoise become the latest additions to the Maine Island Trail.
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 9/3/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...avoid seabird nesting islands during breeding season...experience on Maine's islands and keep a low profile. Maine Island Trail Association TO...Their schools are long gone, having fallen...partner with the Maine Island Trail Association...helps protect Maine's islands by educating ...
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Treasure islands; For those who like a bohemian lifestyle, community spirit and tranquil isolation, a Thames island home comes close to paradise.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...have only houseboats. Taggs Island, which has its own website (www.taggs-island.com), has a long history and, almost unique among islands on the Thames, its own road bridge. At one time, the island belonged to the Edwardian showman...
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Islands may become 'wilderness' ; A plan for a wilderness designation granted to 13 Maine islands would help protect seabird and bald eagle habitats.
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 5/5/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the islands. There are 87 islands the refuge either wants to...successfully nested on them. Pond Island, Appledore Island and Damariscove are among the...in turn are among 151 Maine islands that are considered nationally significant and do not have long-term protection. "A lot...
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Islands of influence
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Stromness. Those who prefer a longer sea crossing, rather than...causeways to the more outlying islands, but getting there isn...crossings from Stromness to the islands of Hoy and Graemsay; Shapinsay...reached from Kirkwall, the islands' capital. Kirkwall is as...stunning views across much of the ...
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Islands
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...archipelago, he believed he could island-hop all the way to the Indies. Islands also figured prominently in...the far side of his own earth island. He had no idea he had discovered...world, and it would be a very long time before geographers decided...Americas were continents rather ...
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Solomon Islands
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...zone: 11 p.m. = noon GMT Longest distances: 1,688 kilometers...dependencies. 3 CLIMATE Solomon Islands has a tropical monsoon climate...but often veer away from the islands themselves. Annual average...TOPOGRAPHIC REGIONS Solomon Islands is an archipelago formed by...extends from Bougainville ...
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Islands of the Pacific
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World
...cattle, and sheep. It took a long time until the Western world...serious interest in the Pacific Islands. By 1900, however, the United...Britain all claimed control of islands in the Pacific. Over time...on the food customs of the islands they controlled. Cooking styles on the island of ...
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Virgin Islands
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Virgin Islands group of about 100 small islands, West Indies , E of Puerto Rico. The islands are divided politically between the United States...important. Food crops are raised; sugarcane is no longer grown, but rum is still distilled. The towns...
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Oceania: Island Culture
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
...c.e. and on the Solomon Islands to at least 1000 b.c.e...until 1300 c.e. Despite this long history of human life on the islands, information about these island cultures has been recorded...explorers began landing on the islands in the early 1500s c.e...
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