In southern California, and countless other regions throughout the country, economic boosters and public officials pursued an import-based doctrine by using public subsidies and favorable growth policies to expand goods-related transportation infrastructure.
International languages, the histories of countless countries and regions, "area studies," and courses -- indeed departments and centers -- devoted to exploring the cultures, politics and religions of myriad places have long been part of American higher education.
Both countries encompass far-flung regions containing countless antagonistic ethnic groups, over 135 in Myanmar's case.
He has run countless trips to the region.
A region of countless languages and ethnicities, it was, for Pushkin, a place where "martial robbery occurs and the savage genius of inspiration is hiding in mute silence".
As Egypt and Tunisia rebuild themselves as democracies, as Syrians continue to fight for their freedom, and as countless individuals throughout the region make progress toward social and political change, the ubiquitous presence of the internet might help.
Because there is very little redundancy in the transportation infrastructure of the Pacific Northwest, and because that infrastructure is so vulnerable, the Cascadia earthquake will turn countless places within the region into towns like that.
A cassoulet is perhaps the most famous dish from south-west France and there are countless variations across the region, with as many hotly debated arguments about which is the best, which is the original and how it should be cooked.
During that span, revolution took place across the region, and countless innocents were thrown into prison.
It would endanger countless Americans (in the region and here at home, too).
