Edwin Carrington, the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, stated that Odlum " served his country, St Lucia, with distinction " and was " charismatic, eloquent and a consummate master of communication, both in speaking and writing ... one of the region's leading and most persistent exponents on the debilitating effects of the erosion of trade preferences for the region's banana industry on the livelihood of the people ".

In the meantime, while the South has been undergoing this phenomenal modernization that is so disappointing to the curious Yankee, Southern writers have certainly done little to reflect and promote their region's progress.

As the South begins another school year, national and even world attention is directed at the region's slow progress toward racial equality in the public schools.

Widely grown in this area, cassava is typically included in the region's dishes, as are other components of meals, such as the chipá ( a cassava and cheese bread ), which originally came from Paraguay.

Consumed countrywide, this product features a peculiarity of its own in this area: it is not only prepared with hot water, but, driven by the region's high temperatures, it is common to see it prepared with cold water as well, in which case the beverage is known as tereré.

Deeply involved in the future of the Jews in the former Soviet Union, Steinsaltz serves as the region's Duchovny Ravin ( Spiritual Rabbi ), a historic Russian title which indicates that he is the spiritual mentor of Russian Jewry.

The Pilbara region's economy is dominated by mining and petroleum industries.

" Love and Theft is, as the title implies, a kind of homage ," writes Kot, " never more so than on ' High Water ( for Charley Patton ),' in which Dylan draws a sweeping portrait of the South's racial history, with the unsung blues singer as a symbol of the region's cultural richness and ingrained social cruelties.

The traditional music of Atlantic Canada is heavily influenced by the Irish, Scottish and Acadian ethnic makeup of much of the region's communities.

A region's climate is generated by the climate system, which has five components: atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, land surface, and biosphere.

A monsoon is a seasonal prevailing wind which lasts for several months, ushering in a region's rainy season.

The region's governor is, since 1 January 2011, Stavros Arnaoutakis, who was elected in the November 2010 local administration elections for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.

It was announced in February 2011 that the company name would revert to Meritor, Inc. Cummins, Inc. is by far the region's largest employer, and the Infotech Park accounts for a sizable number of research jobs in Columbus proper.

The question of why the Maritimes fell from being a centre of Canadian manufacturing to being an economic hinterland is thus a central one to the study of the region's pecuniary difficulties.

More controversial than the role of technology is the argument over the role of politics in the origins of the region's decline.

One comparison made with the wealthier areas of Canada is that of the region's political and / or work culture.

The hills reach elevations of more than 1, 900 m. The region's most prominent feature is the easterly chain of rugged mountains, the Red Sea Hills, which extend from the Nile Valley eastward to the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea.

Egypt has long been the cultural and informational centre of the Arab world, and Cairo is the region's largest publishing and broadcasting centre.

Egypt has long been the cultural and informational center of the Arab world, and Cairo is the region's largest publishing and broadcasting center.

The region's name is thought to derive from an Ingvaeonic stem flām-meaning " flooded land " ( from Proto-Germanic * flauma -).

Buckwheat grows widely in Brittany as well and is used in the region's galettes, called jalet, which is where this dish originated.

Garlic * and anchovies are used in many of the region's sauces, as in Poulet Provençal, which uses white wine, tomatoes, herbs, and sometimes anchovies, and Pastis is found everywhere that alcohol is served.

Historically, Klamath County's economy was based on timber and agriculture, and although these natural resource industries now contribute only a small fraction to the region's current economic activity and employment, their legacy lives on in local politics, community identity, and landscape.

A thorough study of the region's history and people and of the British-Russian conflict of interest in Turkestan based on Curzon's travels there in 1894.

The name chosen for the new region was decided by the French government without reference to the historical provinces ( too many of them inside the region ) and based on geography: Midi ( i. e. " southern France ")-Pyrénées ( Pyrénées mountains that serve as the region's southern boundary ).

Much of the conservative Republican strength is based on the region's high religiosity.

While manufacturing has become an important part of the region's economy, most businesses are agriculturally based and agriculture remains the regional linchpin.

The Black Sea region's cuisine ( northern Turkey ) is based on corn and anchovies.

In 2002, Moody's rating agency confirmed a Caa1rating based on the region's long-term foreign currency liabilities.

Further south near Esperance, the economy is based on agriculture and fishing, with wheat and barley widely grown ; however, this requires huge inputs in fertilisers because of the sandy nature of the soils and is a major threat to the region's great plant diversity.

The region's economy is based around agriculture, particularly the production of fruit, grain, and timber.

The region's economy is based largely on dairy farming and cereal production.

It is the region's third largest industrial center ( mainly based on furniture manufacturing ) and also has strong agricultural, forestry, livestock, and fishing sectors.

The economy is mainly based on agriculture, but tourism plays a major role in the region's economy as well.

When liberated from the French, the region's joint Bavarian and Austrian administration was based in Kreuznach.

Established in 1986, it is based in Manchester, the city with the second largest Chinese community in the UK, and the organisation is part of the region's rich Chinese heritage.

The region's economy was formerly based on mining, lumbering ( especially of hemlock for tanning ) and industry but is now largely agricultural with forestry and tourism contributing to the economic base.

Today, however, whether based on the fact that the fish is filleted, a particular Parker House chef's Dutch roots or merely solid New England tradition, no self-respecting New Englander would serve anything but baby Cod or baby Haddock under the name and the region's professional chefs still spell it with or without the " h " based only on whether they are serving Cod or Haddock.

The region's other industries, such as machine construction, chemicals and metallurgy, are based on coal mining.

Geographers historically divided the coast of East Africa at large into several regions based on each region's respective inhabitants.

Historically, the region's economy was based on the production and processing of agricultural products ( olives, grain, and wool ), as well as furniture manufacturing.

Santo André, although small, contains a University Campus made up by Instituto Superior de Estudos Interculturais e Transdisciplinares, loosely translated as " Higher Education Institute for Intercultural and Transdiciplinary Studies " and has based its teaching policy in the region's characteristics: Sines ' industries, the lacks of the Alentejo interior and its potential as a tourist region.

The region's weekly newspaper, the Eastern Graphic, is based in Montague.

The Hunter Mariners were an Australian rugby league club based in the Hunter Valley region's largest city, Newcastle.

These and other settlements within the municipalities based on these centres contain over two-thirds of the region's population.