Word: isolationism
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It didn't help that Franzen had produced both books while living a writer's life of discipline and isolation, one that made him feel out of touch with the wider world. After he graduated from Swarthmore in 1981 with a degree in German, he and his wife Valerie Cornell...
The world knows Billy Graham, but few outside the Evangelical fold are acquainted with Bill Bright. Yet Bright, whom Graham biographer William Martin calls "one of the most important of a generation of Evangelical titans," may have had nearly as much impact. Has Graham preached to millions, sometimes all at...
As a rule, genes imprinted by the father would, if they worked in isolation, favor larger fetuses--presumably to give them a better shot at survival. The mother imprints the genes in such as way as to favor smaller fetuses--presumably so she'll have enough strength to bear more...
A century ago, the list would have been a short one, limited to names like Einstein and Pasteur and the Curies. Science was then a cottage industry practiced by a small group of men (and a few women) working mostly in isolation. Today, the scientific universe consists of interconnected microcosms...
The speech signaled a growing assertiveness on the part of Bush administration critics in the Senate about using their muscle to rein in the White House on foreign policy issues. Missile defense may be the most immediate flash-point, but the administration also faces criticism over global warming. Last week...