Thus, the Church was born and because of its intrinsic character was soon identified as a conservative institution, determined to resist the forces of change, to identify itself with the political rulers, and to maintain a kind of splendid isolation from the masses.

By means of geographical isolation and high fertility rates, inbreeding can be fostered and the pattern of isolation from the greater society maintained.

The photograph, Figure 1 of the completed frieze, shows how, having been separated from his fellows in useless isolation for eighty years, he has now been given a hand, and by juxtaposition ( and the permission of the Committee ), given a new job, to represent the witnesses of the first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903.

Camus draws from his own experience of isolation during the war in writing The Plague.

He formally retired in 1988 and within a few years moved to the Pyrenees, where he currently lives in isolation from human society.

At the start of the game, it has survived over 10 years in complete isolation from the rest of the world and is an example of an arcology in cyberpunk genre.

An alcoholic's behavior and mental impairment, while drunk, can profoundly affect those surrounding them and lead to isolation from family and friends.

Body substance isolation went further than universal precautions in isolating workers from pathogens, including substances now currently known to carry HIV.

Hussein had protested that the Arabs of Beirut would greatly oppose isolation from the Arab state or states, but did not bring up the matter of Jerusalem or Palestine.

The conquests of Cambodia by Naresuan the Great for Ayutthaya furthered the political and economic isolation from Cambodia proper leading to a dialect that developed relatively independently from the midpoint of the Middle Khmer period.

The small landowners ' relative poverty, the lack of a large indigenous labor force, the population's ethnic and linguistic homogeneity, and Costa Rica's isolation from the Spanish colonial centers in Mexico and the Andes all contributed to the development of an autonomous and individualistic agrarian society.

The economy of the Cook Islands, as in many other South Pacific island nations, is hindered by the isolation of the country from foreign markets, lack of natural resources, periodic devastation from natural disasters, and inadequate infrastructure.

The untouchables were considered impure by birth, and had to live in isolation away from rest of the community.

A new genus-Bufavirus-has been proposed on the basis of the isolation of two new viruses from human stool.

Poor communications meant that they were quite remote from other parts of London and so tended to develop in some isolation.

When the Israeli nuclear program started later that decade, a location not far from the city was chosen for the Negev Nuclear Research Center due to its relative isolation in the desert and availability of housing.

According to a supposition, the peculiarities of this language may be the result of a supposed long isolation from other Eskimo groups, being in contact only with speakers of unrelated languages for many centuries.

The bandwidth advantages, the slightly better isolation of devices from each other, the ability to easily mix different speeds of devices and the elimination of the chaining limits inherent in non-switched Ethernet have made switched Ethernet the dominant network technology.

This work led directly to the isolation of sodium and potassium from their compounds and of the alkaline earth metals from theirs in 1808.

In the 12th century CE the Andalusian Muslim philosopher and novelist Abu Bakr Ibn Tufail ( known as " Abubacer " or " Ebn Tophail " in the West ) included the theory of tabula rasa as a thought experiment in his Arabic philosophical novel, Hayy ibn Yaqdhan in which he depicted the development of the mind of a feral child " from a tabula rasa to that of an adult, in complete isolation from society " on a desert island, through experience alone.

* Package / enclosure – open, touch-safe, double-voltage for isolation between circuits, explosion proof, outdoor, oil and splash resistant, washable for printed circuit board assembly

This isolation is evident in the various economic sanctions and the EU oil embargo that have been implemented in response to questions that have been raised over the Iranian nuclear program ( Iran's Nuclear Program ).

* In the oil and chemical process industries, a spade is a round piece of metal with a small tab that is placed in between two pipe flanges to give positive isolation from the centre ; usually to prevent cross contamination between fluids or to allow work on the line.

Qaboos acceded to the throne on 23 July 1970 after deposing his father in a palace coup with the aim of ending the country's isolation and using its oil revenue for modernization and development, moving to Muscat.

" On the other hand, against the evil of Germany's collapse stood the alternative of giving Adolf Hitler, under a Four-Power accord, carte blanche to break out of his dangerous isolation by clearing himself a road through Czechoslovakia to the oil and wheat fields of Rumania, thus putting him in possession of the wherewithal to risk a war of long duration with the Soviet Union.

It has been argued that the campaign did however achieve a number of objectives, such as increasing the isolation of significant Japanese forces occupying the main part of the Dutch East Indies, capturing major oil supplies and freeing Allied prisoners of war, who were being held in increasingly worse conditions ( see, for example, the Sandakan Death Marches and Batu Lintang camp articles ).

Prior to 1980 in the United States, PCB-based oils were used as an insulating oil in many ballasts to provide cooling and electrical isolation ( see transformer oil ).

The various disorders afflicting Enzai's cast ( mostly paraphilia such as pedophilia, S & M, bondage, voyeurism, urolagnia, but also non-sexual psychologial disorders, such as schizophrenia, madness derived from long periods of cell isolation, and apathy ) are presented with a sense of realism.

Since a word spoken in isolation, in citation form ( as for example when a lexicographer determines which syllables are stressed ) acquires this additional tonic stress, it may appear to be inherent in the word itself rather than derived from the utterance in which the word is spoken.

Its consequences may have led to the social isolation which made his life's later years so tragic.

Because of the large local market for films in Russia, the industry there was not harmed by the war at first, although the isolation of the country led many Russian films to develop peculiarly distinctive features.

EOKA-B and the Turkish Resistance Organization ( TMT ) were responsible for many atrocities which resulted in cementing tensions and led to total isolation of the communities with Turkish Cypriots withdrawn into enclaves.

However, it was Macleod's research plan and his suggestion to inject intravenous degenerated pancreas into depancreatinized dogs that ultimately led to the successful isolation of insulin.

Its separation from Australia at the end of the Cretaceous ( 65 MYA ) and from New Zealand in the mid-Miocene has led to a long period of evolution in near complete isolation.

Paraguay's colonial history was one of general calm punctuated by turbulent political events ; the country's economy at the time made it unimportant to the Spanish crown, and the distance of its capital from other new cities on the South American continent led to isolation.

Despite this, Trudeau found himself an outsider – a French Catholic living for the first time outside of Quebec in the predominantly Protestant American Harvard University .< This isolation deepened finally into despair, and led to his decision to continue his Harvard studies abroad.

Tristan da Cunha's isolation has led to an unusual, patois-like dialect of English.

This has led the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against Iran on select companies linked to this program, thus furthering its economic isolation on the international scene.

Unlike his father, Wenceslaus relied on favouritism, which made him abhorrent to many nobles and led to increasing isolation.

Mayr was able to demonstrate that geographical isolation and the accumulation of genetic differences led to the splitting of species.

The Russians ' rule led to rapid development of industry and railways which overcame its isolation.

This geographic ' isolation ' from the rest of the Republic has led to Donegal people maintaining a distinct cultural identity and has been used to market the county with the slogan Up here it's different.

An increasing degree of deafness, caused by hereditary otosclerosis, led to Alexandra's social isolation ; she spent more time at home with her children and pets.

In response, the UN imposed sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in May 1992, which led to political isolation, economic decline and hyperinflation of the Yugoslav dinar.

Defeat of the European working class led to further isolation in Russia, and further suppression of the Opposition.

Durin III allied his forces with Eregion during the War of the Elves and Sauron, but they were unable to prevent its destruction, which led to a long period of isolation and gradual dwindling in Khazad-dûm.

This bravado, however, led to little more than isolation and eventual self-destruction.

Teruel's remote and mountainous location ( it is 915 metres above sea level ) and its low population has led to relative isolation within Spain.

The city struggled with geographic isolation throughout the early 19th century, though the arrival of the railroad in 1855 led to an economic boom.

The city's past isolation from any major roadways, may have led to fewer businesses choosing to locate in town.

Geographic isolation led to numerous local adaptations.

The resulting feeling of isolation and inability to make lasting contact with the outside world led to increasing despair and thoughts of suicide.

His deeply traditional upbringing and serious outlook led to social isolation from his peers.