The Samaritans, as thoughtfully described by writer Benjamin Balint in Tablet Magazine, tend toward insularity.
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While there is an admirable camaraderie among its multinational staff, there is also a disappointing insularity.
Hanoi's insularity remains a stumbling block in a campaign where close cooperation with international authorities is crucial.
The lack of foreign news is a measure of world peace as well as of rich-world insularity.
These regional rankings might also break down the insularity that has long been a mark of Latin American academia.
But that was not a comfortable situation for a country that had always enjoyed the security of geographical insularity in the past.
This was an American embarrassment, but similar insularity is on display in most nations at times when domestic comfort (false or otherwise) is threatened.
But the transformation there from the gang ethics that dominate human history to democratic reformist ones can hardly be accounted for by mere insularity.
Perhaps so, but the larger problem of the Church hierarchy's insularity will take more than a bit of Googling or papal tweeting to address.
As we have learned more about the insularity of the Penn State football program, McQueary's inaction that evening becomes, if not altogether understandable, at least somewhat easier to comprehend.
Perhaps the most egregious example of the company's insularity was the way it held out for more than 20 years against the use of credit cards, launching its own store card instead.
But given the insularity and inflexibility that still hobble too many Japanese firms, this small source of alternative jobs offers an outlet for those who are getting a raw deal in corporate Japan.
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Commenting on the move to appoint outside directors for the first time, despite the relative insularity of Japanese businesses, Mr. Toyoda said the company wants to improve transparency after years of requests by shareholders to take on external board members.
To carry out greater participation in the American market, it needs relaxation of visa barriers so that appropriate Korean managerial and technical talent can enter the U.S. That type of access also is falling victim to the current American insularity.
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