Word: isolationism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Living in isolation on the edge of the moors, never seeing other children, seldom winning a glance of warmth from their father, the little Brontës soon created their own dream world. At 13, Charlotte had written 22 little books of stories about the imaginary land of Angria, where...
"Second: No nation's security and well-being can be lastingly achieved in isolation, but only in effective cooperation with fellow nations.
Particulars & Universals. Indeed, says Harno, many critics believe that the law-school has completely failed to keep pace with the changing role of the lawyer. Actually, "the law pervades all phases of human activity, and ... it cannot be treated in isolation." The modern school is much too concerned with the...
In his self-imposed isolation, the rector's convictions grew into eccentricities. The rectory grounds became a small wilderness, the rectory itself rundown and rat-ridden. The rector refused to see anyone without four days notice-in writing. His only steady contact with the parish was Burt Mefton, a...
Lady on the Beach is the story of Norah and her husband, Old Sarge, who left the city to settle down to a quiet life of beachcombing, clam digging, crabbing, reading and talking in the down-at-the-heels seaside community-a "poor man's Paradise." But Norah and...