Word: insularity
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Last fall, the leaders of Radcliffe's Schlesinger Library, Bunting Institute, Murray Research Center and Public Policy Institute began holding regular meetings to discuss ways for the often-insular arms of the college to collaborate...
Notably absent from this marriage-go-round are the Japanese, who, even if they weren't insular and risk averse, are operating in such a depressed economy that it's hard to see them making a bold move. No longer gunslinging international capitalists, Japanese managers prefer to build--and control--from the ground...
...miscarrying, Amos says, she started listening to bodies of water, searching for "ancient women's rhythms" in the waves. Indeed, some of her new songs, most notably Liquid Diamonds, have a natural, primal groove that draws one in like gravity. This is excruciatingly private music, but it's not insular; it's inviting. No need to stick your head in the piano. Just listen...
...point to the relatively large number of students of color who chose to spend their remaining three years at Harvard in the Quad or Quincy. As tutors of color, we are wary of any policy, including randomization, which implies that a community of minority students gathering together is inherently insular, and thus, problematic. Such policies ignore both the diversity that exists within these communities and the considerable interaction that takes place between minority and majority communities...
...have cited the 'Black table' and the 'Asian table' as example of self-segregation and lack of integration that existed before randomization," the letter states. "As tutors of color, we are wary of any policy, including randomization, which implies that a community of minority students gathering together is inherently insular, and thus, problematic...