• Splendid isolation is a term used to describe the 19th-century British diplomatic practice of avoiding permanent alliances from 1815 to 1902. The concept...
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  • on "Networking"; harmony on "Gridlock" Mike Campbell – guitar on "Splendid Isolation"; guitar and mandolin on "Nobody's in Love This Year" Jack Casady...
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  • House of Splendid Isolation is a 1994 novel by Irish novelist Edna O'Brien. The novel depicts the relations of an Irish Republican Army[which?] terrorist...
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    who helped Yonderboi to finish up the record. The album was named Splendid Isolation and came out in 2005. Even though it does have some Eastern European...
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    Thompson, Bowell, Tupper, Borden and Meighen. He coined the phrase "splendid isolation" to praise British foreign policy in the late 19th century. Two factors...
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    The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service...
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  • Splendid Isolation is the second studio album recorded by Yonderboi. All lyrics are written by Yonderboi. Imre Németh Primary School Chamber Choir - led...
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    decade of the nineteenth century, Britain continued its policy of "splendid isolation", with its primary focus on defending its massive overseas empire...
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    biography of the poet Lord Byron, Byron in Love, in 2009. House of Splendid Isolation (1994), her novel about a terrorist who goes on the run, marked a...
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    international alignments or alliances, maintaining the policy of "splendid isolation". Lord Robert Cecil, later known as Lord Salisbury, was first elected...
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    government found the policy of 'splendid isolation' increasingly less splendid," especially as France broke from its own isolation and formed an alliance with...
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    Kjellgren, Eric (2002). Splendid isolation: art of Easter Island; [published in conjunction with the Exhibition Splendid Isolation – Art of Easter Island...
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    Diversification History of Didelphid Marsupials: A Window into South America's "splendid Isolation"". Evolution. 68 (3): 684–695. doi:10.1111/evo.12290. PMID 24125654...
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    affairs later known as the Pax Britannica, and a foreign policy of "splendid isolation". Alongside the formal control it exerted over its own colonies, Britain's...
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    Asia. For the British, the alliance marked the end of a period of "splendid isolation" while allowing for greater focus on protecting its rule over India...
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    protected her country. No one could impinge upon what one might call her splendid isolation. She said: "There will always be wars because so many medicines are...
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  • A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini, following the huge success of his bestselling 2003 debut The Kite Runner...
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    greatness as he saw it of the empire could be best accomplished via "splendid isolation" as he consistently argued for an isolationist foreign policy. In...
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  • Pagan Place (1970) The High Road (1988) Time and Tide (1992) House of Splendid Isolation (1994) Down by the River (1996) Wild Decembers (1999) In the Forest...
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    "Stark contrast: Inside Maisie Williams and boyfriend Reuben Selby's splendid isolation". Tatler. 28 January 2021. Archived from the original on 28 January...
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  • diplomatic pressure, and efforts to maintain open markets. Before 1900, a "splendid isolation" with no permanent alliances. After 1900, informal alliance with France...
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  • — 18 — — — 1989 "Run Straight Down" — 30 — — — — Transverse City "Splendid Isolation" — — — — — — 1991 "Finishing Touches" — — — — — — Mr. Bad Example...
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  • Politics 1900–1996 (Macmillan, 1996). ISBN 0-333-72283-3. John Charmley, Splendid Isolation?: Britain and the Balance of Power 1874–1914 (Hodder & Stoughton,...
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  • Do not wither. Do not grow old." Orlando acquiesces and reposes in splendid isolation in the castle for a couple of centuries during which time he dabbles...
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    Bulgaria'. To secure the European balance of power in favour of its splendid isolation achieved after the Crimean War, Britain stationed the Mediterranean...
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    marked the end of centuries of Anglo-French rivalry and Britain's splendid isolation from Continental affairs, and attempted to counterbalance the growing...
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    p. 220. Kjellgren, E.; Van Tilburg, J.A.; Kaeppler, A.L. (2001). Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-58839-011-0...
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  • Beinhorn Pete Yorn 3:45 8. "Alive" Butch Walker Pete Yorn 3:46 9. "Splendid Isolation" Evan Frankfort Pete Yorn 3:46 10. "Broken Bottle" Michael Beinhorn...
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    Sparassodonts were present throughout South America's long period of "splendid isolation" during the Cenozoic; during this time, they shared the niches for...
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