The island remains attached to France by a thin cord woven from three threads aid, terror and the sacred nature of the unitary state.

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Those living in California may be curious to know that for more than two centuries their homeland was not attached to the West Coast mainland but was thought to be an island, drifting free in the Pacific.

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Both sides fear that young Cypriots, with no memory of a united island, are less inclined than their parents to compromise and less attached to lost property.

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The great picture attached shows my brother at Windows of the World looking out over the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the same site our grandparents viewed as they entered this great country 80 years ago.

CNN: [Brian Novotny]