51.   And the region is home to several major colleges, including Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

52.   And the region is remarkably competitive politically, with Republicans and Democrats now routinely alternating control of major offices in places like Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia.

53.   And the region is home to a quickly shifting ethnic population.

54.   And the Rocky Mountain region would be culturally poorer for it.

55.   And, so far, the region has been able to dodge major labor disputes that stoke anxiety in among workers.

56.   And there are regions where unemployment is still relatively high, prompting companies to go where the people are.

57.   Another is around the village of Canak, where the crescent-shaped occupied region is narrowest.

58.   As the spring takes hold in western Connecticut, this semirural region is one of the most beautiful in New England.

59.   At that time, the New Jersey region was probably a warm, moist coastal area of swamps, lagoons and cedar forests, Grimaldi said.

60.   Because the Caspian region is landlocked, however, pipelines must be built to carry its oil to world markets.