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There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs commerce surrounds it with her surf.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Moby-Dick'
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But one shortcoming, admitted by Sir Richard Leese, leader of the city council, is its insular approach, regionally and globally.
ECONOMIST: A city with a mission, and still some way to go
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The city had long been awash in new music, but too many events gave off an insular, unwelcoming vibe, whether the house style was university modernism or downtown experimentation.
NEWYORKER: The Long Haul