• 'And by isolation, I mean the sense of isolation, while having all the culture of the city, too.

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  • The region's giant, South Africa, was largely protected by its isolation from the rest of the world during the apartheid years.

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  • However, this tiny hamlet on the island of Karpathos is the bastion of a distinct culture, protected for centuries from the outside world by its isolation and strategic location.

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  • The carrot, in return, may be an end to Iran's enforced isolation by the West.

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  • It will be a leader with no one to lead, in a world made unstable by its very isolation.

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  • Or Mr Milosevic can end Serbia's economic isolation by bowing to western demands.

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  • He convinced Khomeini to end the Iran-Iraq war and broke Iran's international isolation by establishing trade relations with the Soviet Union, China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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  • And it has sought to reduce its social isolation by such measures as sending cadets from the Santiago military academy to one of the city's universities for some of their courses.

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  • In December 2011, he opted for diplomatic isolation by vetoing the euro zone's plan to embed its fiscal pact in the EU treaties rather than risk confrontation with his party's Europhobes in parliament.

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  • "As the number of people living with cancer in Wales is set to double from 120, 000 to 240, 000 by 2030, isolation will become an increasing problem and we need to address this now, " she added.

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  • Mr Murray starts by lamenting the isolation of a new upper class, which he defines as the most successful 5% of adults (plus their spouses) working in managerial positions, the professions or the senior media.

    ECONOMIST: Lexington

  • The problem that confronted Dr Whiten and Dr Boesch was how to disentangle which of chimpanzees' many behaviour patterns are genetically instinctive, which are learnt by individuals in isolation (and so are not cultural, because not copied from others) and which are culturally transmitted (by animals copying one another).

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  • By the middle of August, Mr Moi and his advisers realised that they risked being undone by a combination of international isolation, mass action at home by advocates of reform, rising crime and a deteriorating economy.

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  • And its big companies, long confined by apartheid's isolation, are now anxious to seek stock-exchange listings abroad.

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  • Songbird does not realize that by harboring Elizabeth in isolation he is hurting her more than helping her.

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  • And the isolation imposed by her secretiveness comes to threaten not just her marriage, but her very self.

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  • Then came three days and four nights of isolation attended by armed guards.

    ECONOMIST: American juries

  • Burma's domestic industry - hampered, but also sheltered, by the years of isolation - now faces the chill wind of competition.

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  • And fourth, we recognized that even as we fulfill our national responsibilities, this threat cannot be addressed by countries working in isolation.

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  • Mandel claims that the isolation demanded by his hobby--most nights, it's just him and the universe--is one of the best things about astronomy.

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  • Raphael Chikukwa, curator of the pavilion, said it was "pivotal" in establishing a platform for artists after the isolation caused by the country's political situation.

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  • Harried, chased, both hunted and hunter, the blunt-nosed Matt Damon is a superhero reduced to pure reflex, yet, by means of his isolation and his stoicism, he becomes almost a romantic figure.

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  • Socotran culture is equally unique, having been preserved by centuries of near total isolation.

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  • The US has called for the further isolation of Iran by the international community.

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  • That left the opera house in glorious isolation, flanked by the harbour and the botanical gardens.

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  • Many Britons of Indian descent trace their origins to Gujarat, and London says British interests, such as boosting investment ties, are better served by engagement, not continuing isolation.

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  • Many Zanu-PF bigwigs were particularly concerned by Zimbabwe's international isolation.

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  • In the case of stay-at-home fathers, it's important for men to counter any issues of isolation and boredom by making sure they maintain friendships and interests outside the house.

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  • The communities of programmers that grow up around successful open source projects often produce tools that are more secure, flexible, and cost-effective than those produced by a team working in isolation.

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  • The price of any single stock in isolation is affected by its current and projected earnings, the degree of reliability of those projections, its balance sheet, its dividend or prospect of a dividend, the relative attractiveness of alternative investments and many more factors.

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