Sentences with phrase «whose island home»

The Greek poet Sappho, whose island home of Lesbos gave us the term «lesbian,» may have had a daughter named Cleis, which would put the earliest LGBTQ parent at around 600 BCE.

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Archbishop Justin added: «It is an usual deeply moving to see people whose lives have been turned upside down but have the courage to create little islands of stability within their home.

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.

AG Andrew Cuomo will raise money in Rhode Island at the home of a businessman whose firm has a big state contract.

Severe flooding, structural damage to homes and the loss of all electricity, except from backup generators, were three of the most pressing problems facing Puerto Ricans, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose state is home to many of Puerto Rican descent, said during a tour of the island.

According to records and the officials familiar with the case, prosecutors also turned loose two men poised to execute a home - invasion robbery of a drug dealer whose plan they overheard on a wire and allowed drug activity to continue that involved the distribution of cocaine in Long Island high schools.

When Governor Cuomo double - dared the breakaways to show their hands in the Capitol, Silver, whose call the vote was, demanded that newly elected Rudy Giuliani and the City Council first submit a «home rule message» agreeing that the city wanted to shake loose its most Republican borough — knowing Rudy couldn't afford to lose the Island's tax base or its GOP votes.

Congressman Michael Grimm and other Staten Island officials warned Tuesday that residents whose homes were damaged must allow all waterlogged wood to dry before making repairs.

Sen. Carl Marcellino (R - Syosset) said constructing a bridge from Oyster Bay to the mainland would destroy thousands of homes and businesses, spill more traffic onto Long Island roads, and endanger Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge, whose waters sparkled in the background as Marcellino spoke.

The Suffolk County town is home to many of the 17 murder victims on Long Island whose deaths in the last two years are attributed to MS - 13.

Several thousand Long Island residents whose homes were devastated by superstorm Sandy can't get full...

Dick Francis, whose notable but blighted career as a champion steeplechase jockey for the British royal family was eclipsed by a second, more brilliant career as a popular thriller writer, died on Sunday in the Cayman Islands, where he had a home.

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If you're the kind of beach traveler who always brings home a few seashells in your suitcase, you'll stay busy on this island off the coast from Fort Meyers, whose east - west orientation makes it a magnet for conchs and more.

For example, if you have time, head to nearby Cat Ba Island whose southeastern shores are home to its own limestone islands with isolated beaches, and where boat operators are likely to charge you a fraction of what you'll pay in Halong.

Many visitors use Panglao is a a jumping off point to Pamilacan Island, whose waters are home to dolphin pods and large whales.

We turned to Eric Sheets of Latin Excursions, whose top pick for animal viewing is the westernmost island of Isabela, home to 70 percent of the area's endemic wildlife.

Another attraction is Primates Island, home to some White Handed Gibbons, whose natural habitats are the Malayan Peninsula and Burma and who have been successfully bred here, the first time in captivity.

Beachfront Grand Cayman villas afford access to tranquil islands that are home to some of the friendliest people in the Caribbean whose courteous manners are renowned and most befitting their British heritage.

This is one of the largest holiday homes on the island and is popular with families whose kids want a bit more space and privacy (With six bedrooms there's enough for one each!)

The port of Soller is home to a sculpture park, whose exhibits include fine works by Majorcan artists and other island residents.

Highlights of this trip include a visit to the Misool archipelago and its unique topography of karst dissolution; Tomolo Bay, where various caves reveal stalactites, prehistoric cave paintings and a mysterious jellyfish lake; Batana Island with jungle treks to hidden waterfalls escorted by knowing locals; Waigeo Island for spelunking and snorkeling; Dampier Strait, home to some of Raja Ampat's premier coral reef; and Wayag Islands whose vibrant reefs, marine life, coves, lagoons, channels, inlets and sandy beaches represent some of the world's truest jewels.

Situated in Haleiwa on the island's North Shore, this gorgeous windswept beach — whose name means «Red Water» in Hawaiian — is home to a number of top - class winter surf competitions due to its huge waves.

Robert Rauschenberg, the protean artist from small - town Texas whose imaginative commitment to hybrid forms of painting and sculpture changed the course of American and European art, died Monday night after a brief illness at his home on Captiva Island, Fla., according to New York's PaceWildenstein Gallery, which represents his work.

Richard Bellamy, a New York art dealer whose Green Gallery was one of the most important showcases of avant - garde art during the American art explosion of the early 1960's, died on Sunday at his home in Long Island City, Queens.

In a catalog published in conjunction with this show, Nakhova recalls how she and other artists whose work didn't conform to the Socialist Realism movement showed their work where it was produced, at their studios and in their homes, referred to as islands of freedom.»

Jane Freilicher, a stubbornly independent painter whose brushy, light - saturated still lifes and luminous landscapes set in the marshes of eastern Long Island made her one of the more anomalous figures to emerge from the second generation of Abstract Expressionists, died on Tuesday at her home in Manhattan.

When you are sitting in a room with someone who personally is having to move to higher ground because of rising sea level (such as Ursula Rakova from the Carteret Islands) or whose family members are will personally have to evacuate as flooding devastates their homes (such as members of the Bangladesh Environment Network), the situation is right there in front of you.

«We want to go back to the island — it's home,» says Glacken, whose property has extensive water damage and is currently covered in black mold.