In two sessions they rowed in complete isolation and in the others in groups of six, perfectly synchronised.

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"They were kept in complete isolation in this compound, if you will, at the rear of the house, " he said.

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Prolonged period of complete isolation: the expedition will be alone, isolated and have to be self-sufficient for at least 7-9 months.

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The next four-month mission in the northern climes of Canada will see a team of scientists donning mock spacesuits and undertaking field and scientific experiments in complete isolation.

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The entire country celebrated the arrival of these Jews, who had maintained their allegiance to Zion for thousands of years often in complete isolation from the rest of the people of Israel.

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Brooklyn, New York ( VICE) -- Faustino Barrientos has spent most of his 81 years in complete solitude and isolation.

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The yachts and boutiques of Monaco are only four miles away as the crow flies, on the other side of the mountain, but here, the sense of isolation is complete.

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Last on this -- Qaddafi is isolated and the isolation is fairly complete in the world.

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Second, isolation has been neither complete nor entirely involuntary.

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France, which has banned the sale of T-bone steaks and all animal feed made from ground-up cattle, so called meat and bonemeal, had called for a complete ban on the produce in an effort to avoid isolation within the union.

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