Sentences with phrase «leave the island for»

We've already seen tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans leave the island for the mainland United States, and it's uncertain how many will ever go back.
In 1989, shortly before leaving that island for a long, long, time, my grandfather sat down to watch a Liverpool FA Cup match together.
Oddo said this gives Staten Islanders not wanting to leave the Island for similar communities an incredible housing option.
It's a New York city stereotype: the urbanite who is so in love with Manhattan that they only leave the island for emergencies (and certainly not for dates!).
Most of the action takes place in Jamaica, but even when Ida leaves the island for some years the author stays true to the Jamaican experience because, for at least a century, one of Jamaica's primary exports has been its people.
The only things that inspired her were the stories she had grown up hearing about her grandparents» flight from Cuba, and how they had buried their prize possessions in the backyard the night before they left the island for America.
A small problem here can grow to a large problem if you don't have a chance to leave the island for a doctor visit.

Not exact matches

Many young people leave Tangier — some for college, others for the military, some to find partners, since romance can be difficult on such a small island.
In May, the weather dips into the 70s, sending the majority of tourists packing and leaving much of the island for yourself.
But the wildfires in Sonoma and Napa county were more like the hurricanes that ravaged Necker Island in that scientists attribute their ferocity to climate change: specifically, unprecedented heat waves that killed trees and dried out underbrush, leaving huge amounts of fuel for the flames.
Six guards at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex were sentenced on Friday to prison for the 2012 beating of an inmate that left him with fractured eye sockets and a broken nose.
Obama's visit in March 2016 had left Cuban leaders ambivalent about the hand of friendship he extended: Fidel Castro, ailing and almost 90, stirred from his retirement to attack the American president's «syrupy words,» and what he saw as an insidious plea for Cubans to forget the Americans» dark history with the island.
Last year, Jamaica became the first Caribbean island to legalize medical marijuana and will start what the country is calling «wellness tourism,» complete with airport kiosks for travelers to buy cannabis before leaving the airport and entering the country.
Hurricane Maria rampaged through Puerto Rico last week, leaving behind an ongoing humanitarian crisis for the island's 3.4 million residents who are struggling without electricity and clean water.
One hundred days ago, powerful Category 4 Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico leaving the island severely crippled and the more than 3 million U.S. citizens desperate for help.
• Brevard County Emergency Management officials announced a mandatory order for more than 100,000 residents living on Merritt Island, an area near the Kennedy Space Center in central Florida, and along the coastal areas to leave their homes and condominiums beginning 3 p.m. Friday.
Puerto Rican high school and college graduates have been leaving the island at high rates since the recession began, looking for better paying jobs in the United States.
It's been six months since Hurricane Maria's 155 mph winds plowed through Puerto Rico, leaving the island severely crippled and desperate for help.
Monroe County Commissioner George Neugent said the limited housing and high prices could force up to 20 % of the island's 73,000 residents to pack up and leave for good.
The limited housing and high prices could force up to 20 % of the island's 73,000 residents to pack up and leave for good.
Jennifer Lachs: Koh Phangan might be known for the full moon party but when the party goers leave, it's actually a really laid back island with gorgeous beaches.
LaBoda reached out to her and was able to give her a few pointers before she left for the Virgin Islands a few days later.
«We're going to continue giving them all the help we've been giving them to rebuild the island, from a power point of view, etc.,» Cuomo said at the airport in the morning, before leaving for Puerto Rico.
Leaving the abbey, re-board your coach and drive south along the east coast of the island for panoramic views of the Atlantic Ocean and coast en route to idyllic Bathsheba.
You can leave this country at anytime, just do not change our way of life this country fought for... if this way of thinking continues in the United States of America you will be saluting a different flag... these people who think this way can go live in any other foreign country or go to an island and start your own country, with your own beliefs, sick of the ACLU running this country
Those who have a brain and think for themselves see that is is bunk (see the «invisible pink unicorn» comments), leaving those of us who still believe in a higher power and seek spiritual understanding on an island.
An estimated 400,000 of the island's more than 3 million residents have left the US territory for the mainland since the record - setting September storm.
For unless we tell the truth to one another we'll be nothing but isolated islands, left to fend for ourselves in an untrustworthy and scary worFor unless we tell the truth to one another we'll be nothing but isolated islands, left to fend for ourselves in an untrustworthy and scary worfor ourselves in an untrustworthy and scary world.
For by the author's lights, God has left the finches on the Galapagos Islands to fend for themselves, and will intervene but occasionally, and only when absolutely necessary, to get a significantly different species up and runniFor by the author's lights, God has left the finches on the Galapagos Islands to fend for themselves, and will intervene but occasionally, and only when absolutely necessary, to get a significantly different species up and runnifor themselves, and will intervene but occasionally, and only when absolutely necessary, to get a significantly different species up and running.
A strange thing happened in Indonesia last fall: The armed Islamic extremists who terrorized churches on the Maluku and Sulawesi islands for nearly three years suddenly left.
Kevin Prosch prophesied to me in 1994 that «the British invasion is going to happen and you've got three years to prepare for it», so I knew the time was coming when the songs would leave the island and bless the nations of the world.
I left Avery Island with warm and fuzzy feelings, a new appreciation for this ever popular hot sauce, and such great memories.
We won't be returning home to Vancouver Island for a few days, but until we return, I'll leave you with these spicy garlic prawns.
For example, at the height of the slave / sugar / rum trade, ships which had left full for England, often had little cargo for their return trips to the islanFor example, at the height of the slave / sugar / rum trade, ships which had left full for England, often had little cargo for their return trips to the islanfor England, often had little cargo for their return trips to the islanfor their return trips to the islands.
Piled high with trash from Long Island residents, the Mobro 4000 barge left New York City on March 22, 1987, initially headed for a landfill in the southern U.S..
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Seeing my dad for the first time, standing with a tour group of older women who refused to leave the island until they «saw the bride».
In the Yankee Conference Maine faltered twice against Massachusetts and lost 73 - 60, 79 - 71, leaving the path clear for Connecticut, which beat Rhode Island 95 - 79, to win its 10th straight title.
So far, we've accounted for 27 of these 44 bids (at the moment, Rhode Island represents the Atlantic 10's only bid), leaving just 17.
Chill early - autumn winds were gusting down Long Island Sound at speeds up to 30 knots, and the fleet of 5.5 - meter yachts competing in the third race for the U.S. National Championship swept toward the finish line like maple leaves ahead of a gale.
That leaves the Chiefs corner covering Sanders on an island by himself deep and, unfortunately for him, with outside leverage.
«Los Angeles has been doing just fine without football for the last decade; there has not been a mass exodus from Seattle after the Sonics left; the Long Island suburbs will not go vacant with the Islanders moving to Brooklyn, just as they survived the Nets leaving; Montreal has shown no ill effects after losing the Expos while the Nationals decidedly did NOT put DC «on the map»»...
For the 21 - year - old actress, who got engaged last week to her manager, A.J. Discala, 31, this was just the latest stop in a tour that has included Hambletonian Day at the Meadowlands Racetrack on Aug. 3; the first - ever national anthem at the new CMGI Field before the New England Revolution - Dallas Burn MLS game on May 11; Long Island's Nassau Coliseum, where Sigler sang both O Canada and The Star - Spangled Banner before the New York Islanders - Toronto Maple Leafs first round playoff game on April 28; and the Fleet Center for the Celtics - Lakers game on AprilFor the 21 - year - old actress, who got engaged last week to her manager, A.J. Discala, 31, this was just the latest stop in a tour that has included Hambletonian Day at the Meadowlands Racetrack on Aug. 3; the first - ever national anthem at the new CMGI Field before the New England Revolution - Dallas Burn MLS game on May 11; Long Island's Nassau Coliseum, where Sigler sang both O Canada and The Star - Spangled Banner before the New York Islanders - Toronto Maple Leafs first round playoff game on April 28; and the Fleet Center for the Celtics - Lakers game on Aprilfor the Celtics - Lakers game on April 5.
I'm not sure if his feet are good enough where you could leave him on an island at left tackle long term, but I would be willing to bet that he could hold his own at left or right tackle in a pinch for a few games if you gave him some help.
She bristles when this or that person claims credit for «developing» Julius, whose father left their Roosevelt, Long Island home when her «June,» for Junior, was five.
The spotlight coverage will focus on those three classic finishing holes, a risk - reward par - 5 that presents equal chances for an eagle chance or a water ball, the island par - 3 17th green and the long par - 4 18th with that intimidating tee shot with a huge lake all down the left side.
Yoan Moncada, for example, signed last February after leaving Cuba the previous summer, and he left the island legally with a visa before establishing residency elsewhere.
Last July he left his squad on a remote uninhabited Swedish island, without running water, electricity, toilets and conventional food for three nights.
Jemez and Las Palmas were reluctant to sell star player Viera, who scored four goals and set up three more in 23 league starts this season for the Canary Islands - based club, but Viera was keen to leave because the offer from China was too good to turn down.
José Luis Martí Following a brief loan stint at Real Sociedad immediately after leaving Sevilla in 2008, the midfielder returned to his native island to play for Mallorca, where he had begun his career.
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