But the tone is tactical and managerial - in contrast to the passionate, extremist image sometimes attributed in the West to the Islamists.

BBC: Africa

The fabled city, whose names is sometimes used in the West as a synonym for a faraway place, was at the center of trans-Sahara trade in earlier times.

CNN: French, Malians seize town from Islamists

Data from measurement firm Experian PLC show retail foot-traffic down in West London, sometimes substantially, for nearly every day of the games.

WSJ: Menu

The World Series can happen on any day of the week, sometimes during the day for the West Coast.

FORBES: How Super Is the Super Bowl?

Much of the traffic flow into New York from the west passes over Cleveland, and sometimes planes in Ohio and other nearby spots have a hard time getting an opening in the conga line of jets overhead.

WSJ: The Worst Flight in America

For the past 15 years Mr McLaren has peppered west Texas with spurious law suits, sometimes bankrupting the defendants in the process.

ECONOMIST: Texas

Following tips from their friends and sometimes traveling with them, they scheduled ski trips out West and stayed at trendy resorts.

NPR: Weak Housing Market May Not Be Signal to Buy

Republicans sometimes take solace in having turned once blue states red, like West Virginia.

FORBES: Congrats On Your Vote, Too Bad It Probably Didn't Count

Looking west from our bedroom's rear window we could sometimes see inland as far as the dark treeline of the Watchungs, a low-lying mountain range fringed by great estates and affluent, sparsely populated suburbs, the extreme edge of the known world and about eight miles from our house.

NPR: Roth Rewrites History with a 'Plot Against America'

In the Wild West, when law enforcement was spotty or nonexistent, vigilantes sometimes stepped in.

FORBES: A How-to, When-to Guide For Airplane Vigilantes

His brother Paul also leads a service, but he lives on the West Coast, where their father Claude, another Hebrew speaker who sometimes joins our Seder, will be in attendance.

WSJ: Passover Challenged

And although self-censorship is actually already taking place - artists, writers and comedians in the West are often more careful what they say about Islam than about Christianity (though sometimes for bad reasons, like fear) - this doesn't rule out the possibility of a minority view being blown out of all proportion.

BBC: Viewpoints: Anti-Islam film and self-censorship

There is a hotel on the west coast of Florida where I have stayed quite often, and during football season Madden would sometimes stay there too.

CNN: Commentary: John Madden's sweet ride