11.   Ferries, Ms. Root said, could bring people to the island from different points on the bay.

12.   For the first time they would see the fortresses that protected the island from pirates like Sir Francis Drake.

13.   Gone is the ferryboat service to and from New Brunswick, although you can still catch a ferry to the island from Nova Scotia.

14.   Here I was, having passed the half-century mark and having visited islands from Bora Bora to Santorini.

15.   However, the storm started to recurve to the north Thursday, apparently sparing the islands from hurricane conditions.

16.   In brief remarks at the airport, Clinton lauded Block Islanders for conservation efforts that have already protected one-quarter of the island from development.

17.   Moscow seized the islands from Japan in the last days of World War II.

18.   Money is also pouring into the island from Russian racketeers, sometimes in suitcases filled with hundreds of thousands of dollars, diplomats and bankers said.

19.   Native Ambonese Christians resent Muslim migrants who have come to their island from South Sulawesi seeking work at a time of economic hardship.

20.   Taiwan seeks the Aegis system to counter Chinese missiles aimed at the island from the mainland.