Word: insularly
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...formed a team whose loyalties are to Hillary alone. It is an extraordinarily disciplined operation, one in which she does not allow the turf wars and leaking that always kept his in turmoil. But veterans of Bill's campaigns say privately that Hillary's operation is too inflexible and insular for prime time...
...Tata is one of Asia's most influential businessmen. And perhaps more than any other company, Tata group exemplifies India's metamorphosis into a modern economy. For much of their 138-year history, the Tata family companies were the heart of India's insular business establishment the last business group you'd have turned to for radical thinking, or owning anything abroad. The group's founder, J.N. Tata, was a nationalist driven by the idea of a strong, self-reliant India. He gave the country its first steel plant, first hydroelectric plant, first textile mill, first shipping line, first cement...
This is a story about three kinds of culture: the cultural heritage of Lascaux's art, the stubborn mold that threatens it and the arcane and insular culture of French bureaucracy that diffuses responsibility for what went wrong. But it begins and ends with the beauty and mystery of the Lascaux cave. "It's so spectacular that it boggles the mind," says Jean Clottes, one of the world's foremost experts on cave paintings. "When I first saw it, I cried...
...Stone was named a fellow on the seven-member Corporation—“the greatest honor he felt he ever had,” according to his son, R. Gregg Stone III ’75. Today, the Corporation has come under fire for being secretive and insular, but Stone’s colleagues remarked that he interacted closely with undergraduates at Harvard while serving as a fellow. In the mornings preceding Corporation meetings, Stone would often meet with undergraduates in the Faculty Club for breakfast to listen to their concerns. “I think...
...Corps is a remarkably, some say oddly, tightly knit and insular culture. At 179,000 it is less than half the size of any other service- but it usually takes on the toughest fights. Even more than other services, Marines pride themselves on their ability to fight - and live their lives - with honor...