Word: isolationism
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The tone of an Altman film - the desperate milling, the sense of isolation within a community, the urgency to no clear end - is a reflection of life on any movie set. Or in any political campaign (Tanner '88, the TV series he concocted with Garry Trudeau, plays now like a...
time's cover headline referring to President George W. Bush as "The Lone Ranger" [Nov. 6] was like calling Donald Rumsfeld Mahatma Gandhi. Don't you know your pop-culture history? The Lone Ranger was a gallant man who helped people in distress. He then rode away, not waiting for...
Glance through the business news these days and it quickly becomes apparent Chandrasekhar is right. As international business leaders prepare to arrive in New Delhi for the World Economic Forum's annual India Economic Summit, India is ending decades of isolation. Indian companies have returned to global commerce. Indian-born...
Beyond that, U.S. officials say, Afghanistan can't be viewed in isolation. Like the carnival game of Whack-a-Mole - where furry creatures keep popping up out of holes you're not hammering - success in Afghanistan will solve only half of Washington's terrorism challenge. Victory there, officials insist, will...
Nor does Iran fear the "isolation" threatened by Bush and Blair. Its insouciant defiance of two U.N. deadlines to suspend enrichment suggests that Tehran doubts that the U.S. and its allies can muster serious sanctions or similar diplomatic pressure. And, indeed, Washington's effort to convince the Security Council to...