Word: isolationism
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Each chalet is surrounded by lavish gardens and has its own private veranda overlooking the mountain peak, the plains or the temple. Well-marked hiking trails lead up to the orchid-rich ancient crater or down to the temple, and horse treks through the forest to a natural spring can...
The timing matters a lot less than the fact that Suu Kyi's release is essential if the stop-start negotiations between her and the junta, already ongoing for 18 months, are to yield any results. This is make-or-break time, and more so for the junta than for...
Public art is best defined by its situation in a public place and accessibility to those who might not otherwise seek it out. An ostensible goal of such art is to foster interaction with the viewer in a way that art hung on the wall of a museum cannot; such...
The village people are untouchable, and not just as outmoded icons of American popular culture. The Japanese word burakumin literally translates as “village people”—and the burakumin are outcasts in Japanese society. Discriminated against since the 15th century, the burakumin were undertakers...
BUBBLE BREAKTHROUGH In the first clear win for gene therapy, French doctors report that they have successfully treated four boys with "bubble boy" disease, the immune-system disorder so devastating that its victims spend their lives confined in germ-free isolation. It was 2 1/2 years ago that doctors first...