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Isolation See also Imprisonment, Remoteness. Alcatraz Island “The Rock”; former federal prison in San Francisco Bay. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] reclusive woman guards secrets and poems of her dead sister. [Am. Drama: Glaspel Alison’s House in Sobel, 18] spiritual and emotional solitude combine in writer’s deterioration. [Ger. Lit.: Death in Venice] Edmond Dantès imprisoned in the dungeons of Château D’If for 14 years. [Fr. Lit.: The Count of Monte Cristo, Magill I, 158–160] man marooned on a desert island for 24 years. [Brit. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe, Magill I, 839–841] (1830–1886) secluded within the walls of her father’s house. [Am. Lit.: Hart, 224] when it alienated itself from all but China (c. 1637—c. 1876). [Korean Hist.: NCE, 1233] political and ideological barrier of secrecy concealing Eastern bloc. [Eur. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 490] suspended in time, which exists in flat world below. [Ger. Lit.: The Magic Mountain, Magill I, 545–547] story of man exiled from homeland. [Am. Lit.: The Man Without a Country, Magill I, 553–557] “abjured the company and sight of men.” [Br. Lit.: Twelfth Night] cast into a lightless dungeon and chained there for countless years. [Br. Lit.: Byron The Prisoner of Chillon in Benét, 817]
(1676–1721) marooned on Pacific island; thought to be prototype of Robinson Crusoe. [Scot. Hist.: EB, IX: 45] out-of-the-way, old-world village on Hudson. [Am. Lit.: “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” in Benét, 575] medieval ascetics; resided atop pillars. [Christian Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1045] lived 36 years on platform atop pillar. [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 309] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Traditional isolation techniques that can include anything from frozen water, sand, clay, mud, and even rags are less than acceptable in today's industrial applications where safety is the number one priority. co-developing a novel hepatocyte isolation technique, which consistently produced three times the cell yield as conventional isolation techniques The IN30144 utilizes a novel isolation technique to pass AC signals through a 5000 V isolation barrier. |
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