Word: isolationism
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But while Agnes Water is on the make, it hasn't quite made it yet, thanks to its relative isolation. It's 307 miles (490 km) north of Brisbane - a six-hour drive - and almost two hours from the nearest provincial cities, Gladstone and Bundaberg. Flying into either and hiring...
Captivated opened the same week that Human Rights Watch issued a report on Guantanamo prisoners, noting that prolonged isolation had led to declining mental health. Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other illnesses loom large in many of the artists' detention biographies. Perhaps the most skilled piece of work, a...
But inner cities are only part of the problem. Despite the image we might have of the abundance and open spaces of the countryside, Americans living in isolated rural communities also tend to have few places to walk and play and few convenient options for decent food. "You have to...
Confessed terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told U.S. military judge Ralph Kohlman on Thursday that he would represent himself at his tribunal, and that he welcomed the death penalty that would make him a "martyr." But Mohammed was clearly taking advantage of the opportunities offered by his arraignment in a...
I’ve thought long and hard (this is the second day of my Orgy, after all), and I’ve decided that what I find so appealing in these shows is their very isolation: there is something in the requisite three hours alone that I find amazingly...