11. Miyajima, an island near Hiroshima where a giant, red shrine gate stands in the bay and appears to float at high tide. 12. Ms. Swansea, a fixture in McElwee films, lives on an island near Charleston. 13. On Santorini, a port island near Athens, a Minoan fresco depicts African green monkeys, which are known to be modern carriers of Ebola. 14. Shishmaref, on a barrier island near the Bering Strait, is fast losing the battle to rising seas and crumbling ground. 15. The Murano name comes from the sculpted glass art from the islands near Venice, Italy. 16. The islands near the bow tie of Seventh Avenue and Broadway are clogged with visitors waiting for lower-cost theater tickets. 17. The pilot includes a story from an island near Seattle, a small town in Maine, and a Texas story as well. 18. The same general later said Abbott fired the last shot of the war, on an island near Japan just before the surrender. 19. The talks are taking place on Orca Island, a small island near Seattle, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported today. 20. The week-long exercises on and around islands near Fuzhou were designed to simulate an attack on enemy positions and involved just about every branch of the military. |