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...forces ordered to "liberate" West Irian from Dutch control in 1962, long ago lost any real enthusiasm for the remote and unrewarding territory. But Indonesia's sense of Manifest Destiny was involved. For decades, Indonesians have always rallied to the cry "From Sabang to Merauke!" -from the westernmost island of the 3,000-island archipelago to the easternmost hamlet in West Irian. Said Frans Kaisieppo, the governor of West Irian: "It has become a religious conviction...
...runners and bearded bohemians. The country has been occupied at various times in its history by the Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Romans, the Portuguese, the Spanish and the French-but it has never been conquered. With a coastline on both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, it is the westernmost nation in Africa, which may account for the fact that it was the first African state to sign a treaty of friendship with the U.S. -in 1787. And with only the eight-mile-wide Strait of Gibraltar separating it from Europe, its ambiance is understandably cosmopolitan...
Migration West. Fans loved the new game-those who had a chance to see it. At its best, in the N.H.L., it was still played in only six cities, the southernmost of which was New York, the westernmost Chicago. And just try to find a ticket. Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens (capacity: 15,591) has not had a single unsold seat for an N.H.L. game since 1946. In Montreal, scalpers demand-and get-as much as $30 for a pair of $5 tickets to Canadiens' home games. Despite six cellar finishes in seven years, the Boston Bruins consistently...
...Guam as the site for his latest strategy session, Lyndon Johnson hoped to symbolize the fact that America is a Pacific nation in all senses of the word. Guam is not only the home of the B-52 bombers that daily hammer the Viet Cong; it is also the westernmost possession of the U.S. in the Pacific. The U.S. acquired the 210-sq.-mi. island after the Spanish-American War, lost it to Japan during the chaotic week following Pearl Harbor, and regained it by a bloody amphibious assault in 1944. Ringed by coral reefs, its jungles studded with wild...
...Easy way to win a bet: ask which are the southernmost, northernmost, westernmost and easternmost states. Answers: Hawaii, Alaska, Alaska-and Alaska, which is easternmost because it crosses the 180th meridian...