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Conceived by former US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (1953 - 1959), it maintains that if the West is to geopolitically contain China, it must control three chains of islands in the Asia Pacific, as shown below.

Beyond closer economic and political ties within the island chains, China also gains influence at the U.N., as the islands account for 14 votes in the General Assembly.

As an island - based company, Diana Candy also has to focus on controlling its supply chain.

In 2010, CDG acquired a chain of retail stores known as Big Daddy's, allowing for the distribution group to etch out an even larger share of the beer, wines and spirits market on the islands.

They are drawn to an island chain that is thought of as one of the last undeveloped places on Earth, famous for lush greenery and clear seas.

On the same day as upstate protests, UFT members on March 24 picketed the offices of Republican senators Andrew Lanza on Staten Island and Marty Golden in Bay Ridge to tell them that our public schools — not wealthy charter chains — need their support.

The New York City projects are (1) «The Big U», a series of berms and bridges around lower Manhattan, (2) «Living Breakwaters», a series of breakwaters off the south shore of Staten Island, and (3) «Lifelines», to provide flood protection systems for Hunts Point, the site of a major food market that functions as a hub of the region's food supply chain.

The 700 - kilometer island chain in the Bay of Bengal lurched southeast toward Sumatra by as much as 1.25 meters and twisted counterclockwise, Prithvish Nag, India's surveyor general, told a scientific meeting here last week.

You have to be a link in the chain rather than carving yourself out as a separate island,» Jock says.

OFF the northernmost tip of Scotland, where the turbulent waters of the Atlantic Ocean meet those of the North Sea, sits a chain of 70 mostly uninhabited islands collectively known as Orkney.

It is not only producing midplate volcanoes in the island chains above its location deep beneath the central Pacific but also has produced older volcanic chains now submerged in the northwest Pacific that erupted as the Pacific plate drifted over the central Pacific over the last 100 million years.

The plume anomaly is consistent with partial melting, melt extraction, and remixing of hot rocks and is spreading north toward the mid-ocean ridge instead of, as projected, eastward with the migrating Nazca plate on which the island chain sits, says co-author Douglas R. Toomey, a professor in the UO's Department of Geological Sciences.

Seismologists proposed some 30 years ago that stationary plumes of hot rock in the mantle occasionally punched through the crust to produce volcanoes, which, as the crust moved, generated island chains such as the Galapagos, Cape Verde and Canary islands.

Their discovery, published Sept. 5 in Science Express, helps explain the «hotspot volcanoes» that give birth to island chains such as Hawai'i and Tahiti.

One idea is that there might have been a hot spot, such as the one still forming the Hawaiian island chain, which North America slowly slid over.

Now research out of the University of Rochester is providing a better picture of the subterranean plumbing system that feeds the Galápagos volcanoes, as well as a major difference with another Pacific Island chain — the Hawaiian Islands.

As the plates drift across the hot spots, a chain of volcanoes forms — such as the island chains of Hawaii and SamoAs the plates drift across the hot spots, a chain of volcanoes forms — such as the island chains of Hawaii and Samoas the island chains of Hawaii and Samoa.

Bali, famous for its surf, beaches and temples, attracted nearly 5 million visitors last year, and its airport serves as a transport hub for the chain of islands in Indonesia's eastern archipelago.

Known as hotspots, volcanic island chains such as Samoa can ancient primordial signatures from the early solar system that have somehow survived billions of years.

Those people came from 11 places throughout a chain of islands known as the Bismarck Archipelago.

Dress up your home décor with this beautiful coastal photo rendering of Bermuda's famous island of chains known as Bimini.

Then it turns out that this monster came to your towns area because it is no longer on the top of the food chain as an even more terrifying monster lurks near a small island which will be your final target.

P.S. 39 is widely regarded as Jersey City's worst elementary school, a large, dark building at the end of a dead - end street surrounded by a 25 - foot - high chain - link fence that makes it look like Riker's Island.

In addition to «The Big Six,» other organizations that are presently lobbying Connecticut legislators in favor of the charter school and «education reform» agenda include the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, the North East Charter Schools Network, Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school chain with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Families for Excellent Schools, the New York - based lobbing and political entity that bused in charter school students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston last year to rally in support of Malloy's efforts to hand charter schools even more public funds.

From the book jacket: Meet Smithson «Smithy» Ide, an overweight, friendless, chain - smoking, forty - three - year - old drunk who works as a quality control inspector at a toy action - figure factory in Rhode Island.

Meet Smithson «Smithy» Ide, an overweight, friendless, chain - smoking, forty - three - year - old drunk who works as a quality control inspector at a toy action - figure factory in Rhode Island.

Recently, the island chain has experienced tremendous growth as a vacation destination.

As soon as you land, a taxi arrives to drive you up the hill to the resort, where you'll be treated to views of the entire island and much of the Leeward chaiAs soon as you land, a taxi arrives to drive you up the hill to the resort, where you'll be treated to views of the entire island and much of the Leeward chaias you land, a taxi arrives to drive you up the hill to the resort, where you'll be treated to views of the entire island and much of the Leeward chain.

The Exumas lay claim to the cay as the most southern in its chain, while Long Island insists this iguana sanctuary lies within its domain.

As the second - largest island in the Hawaiian chain, Maui is nicknamed «Valley Isle» because of her location between two mountains.

The Outer Hebrides, also known as the Western Isles, is a vast island chain situated off the northwest coast of Scotland.

According to the report of the British Honduras Land Use Survey Team of 1959, «the connected chains of coral islands known as Ambergris Caye was formed from the accumulation of coral fragments... first as a shoal patch.

The report of the British Honduras Land Use Survey Team of l959 notes: «The connected chains of coral islands known as Ambergris Caye was formed from the accumulation of coral fragments... first as a shoal patch.

Located on Providenciales (a.k.a. Provo), the most developed island in the Turks and Caicos chain, Villa del Mar is just steps from the 12 mile strip of sugary fine sand and cerulean blue water known as Grace Bay Beach.

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The Grenadines & Grenada are known as the «jewels of the Caribbean», a long chain of islands, largely uninhabited, separated by crystal clear emerald waters.

As a volcanic island chain still bubbling and gurgling with geothermal activity, the Azores — and especially São Miguel — have always been known for hot springs and mineral water spas.

It is a small island of just 28 square miles, part of the alluring chain known as the United States Virgin Islands.

As the youngest and largest island in the chain, the big island hosts all but four of the world's climate zones!

Watch this video of diving in the Maldives with footage of manta rays, whale sharks, grey reef sharks, nurse sharks, as well as some of its less vaunted smaller creatures such as frogfish and harlequin shrimps, at this beautiful atoll island chain in the Indian Ocean.

As the sun sinks toward the neighboring island of Molokai, heat up the barbecue, sample local seafood at the al - fresco dining area and try to stay awake for some stargazing — Hawaii is, after all, the world's most remote island chain.

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In an unusual double - announcement, the Ritz - Carlton chain of hotels have announced a new property on the Thai island of Koh Samui as well as a further new property at the base of Mount Niseko - Annupuri, a popular Japanese ski region.

Known in Japanese as the Nansei Islands and as the Ryukyu Arc, Ryukyu Islands are an island chain stretching southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan.

While other islands in the Caribbean brag about hotel chains and touristy activities, Culebra and it's residents prefer to keep the island's natural treasures as the main attractions.

Great Exuma is the largest island in the chain of 360 islands, or cays, known as «The Exumas».

This vast chain of tiny islands have long been referred to as a tropical paradise.

Many Japanese come to the islands on package deals with the large hotel chains such as Hilton contributing to their hotel as well as timeshare growth.

Your vacation on the island of Ibiza will be more comfortable with the facilities offered by the Verser Hoteles Chain such as bicycle and car rental, entertainment programs, discotheque and shows, swimming pools for adult and children, squash courses and fitness centre.

Big Island, more properly known as Hawaii Island, or just Hawaii, is the southeastern most of all the islands in the archipelago that comprises this chain in the North Pacific.