Word: insularity
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Since her arrival, Phelan has transformed VES from the “parochial,” insular, and (at best) peripheral element in the University it was at the time of the report to what is now nationally recognized as an exceptional, vibrant hub of artistic and intellectual activity centered on undergraduates and committed to their needs...
...Harvard's search process is unique in many ways, not least of which is its insular and secretive nature. Unlike schools like Princeton, no faculty or students were formally involved. The choice would be up to the nine search committee members—most of whom graduated from Harvard during the Eisenhower administration...
...would hate these guys. Connoisseurs of the exotic will find little to savor here. American and European readers would be mistaken if they imagined these characters to be entirely familiar, but in their own quiet way they seem emblematic of creeping globalization in one of the world's most insular and traditional societies...
...while activists warned of mounting unrest, state senators asked the police department to review its deadly-force policy. They never received a report. No officer has been fired following the 15 fatalities since 1995, although some investigations are ongoing. And the city has resisted attempts to change the insular, 1,020-person department's policy of refusing to hire chiefs from outside. "There has been a material distrust between the police and the black community, even though the force has become increasingly black," says Scott Johnson, former city manager and current Cincinnati resident. "The problem is, there are no blacks...
Pryor had claimed that the IOP was too insular and that it had failed to achieve its mission of meeting the interests of all undergraduates...