In more recent years, the relative outposts of Polis in the far west and Ayia Napa in the island's far east have drawn widely differing crowds to their shores.
A country once considered an outpost of relative tolerance and democracy in a region of dysfunctional authoritarian regimes is today a deeply divided, practically failed, state.
Other selling points are a stable currency that is pegged to the American dollar, excellent French food and the fact that Djibouti is an outpost of relative stability in the Horn of Africa, a region constantly plagued by war, famine and drought — sometimes all at the same time.
Another relative newcomer is Lo de Charlie, the outpost of a seafood restaurant in Punta del Este.
Last summer he took a working vacation at a basketball outpost in Bloomington, Ind., living with a relative and working out with a few friends, never laying eyes on the Indiana coach, whom he admires.
It is also suggested by the fact that Miltiades, a relative of the gorgeously buried Cimon, went out to govern an outpost in the Thracian Chersonese, hardly against the wishes of the tyrants.
The mining is finished in Bisbee; it is now an outpost of artists, hippies, stoners, tweakers (crystal meth users), (relative) liberals, surrounded on all sides by proper gring rednecks.
And although Outpost is an authorized Macintosh reseller, Mac selection was thin relative to other categories.
In addition to killing seven Americans at the outpost, Mr. Balawi's attack killed a Jordanian intelligence officer and distant relative of King Abdullah II named Capt.
Do you think the recent trade/free agent signings by the Seahawks indicate that N.F.L. players now see Seattle in a new light (and no longer the loneliest outpost in the N.F.L .? Also, how do these acquisitions influence your ranking of the Seahawks relative to the rest of the N.F.L.? — Leo, Seattle Honestly, I think most players go where they will get paid.
