111.   I find the flotsam intriguing, in a morbid way, but these islands are valuable as well as compelling.

112.   If they prevail, the island will be free of the constant bombardment that has cracked the walls of houses and shaken residents.

113.   If he fails and Taiwan lets its identity erode, he said, the island will be powerless to ward off Beijing.

114.   If one is hot for sighting a rufus-breasted hermit hummingbird in the Caribbean, the island to search is Tobago.

115.   In many ways, this Caribbean island is as All-American as baseball, apple pie and, well, Des Moines, Iowa.

116.   In many ways, this Caribbean island is as all-American as baseball, apple pie, and Des Moines, Iowa.

117.   In the distance, far beyond the reach of human eyes, are barrier islands with names like Ocracoke and Hatteras.

118.   In truth, Puerto Ricans living in the United States are divided over whether the island should be independent.

119.   Instead, there will be islands of kiosks.

120.   Iran says the islands are part of its territory, which the Emirates vigorously disputes.