Mr. Saleh's resistance to cede power had isolated Yemen from his longtime regional allies.

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The power going out in my neighborhood is an isolated incident impacting very few people, but the power outage that takes out services used by millions is significant.

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And on the immigration issue, Stern is equally isolated from the other big power brokers in the labor movement.

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Radioactive materials used in nuclear power generation must be isolated from human or environmental contact for thousands of years.

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This nation that's been so isolated can show the world the power of a new beginning, and demonstrate once again that the journey to democracy goes hand in hand with development.

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The latter proved a somewhat astonishing reminder of forgotten lessons about nuclear power risks, unique to that technology: A failure of one power plant in an isolated location can create a contagion in countries far away, and even where somewhat different variants of that technology are in use.

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And Andy Atkins, executive director at Friends of the Earth, which backed the letter, said Mr Osborne's support for gas power was looking "increasingly isolated".

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ICANN, countries object so strongly to America's unilateral power that the nation has been left nearly isolated.

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