Such interpretations are unconvincing, however, for they make sense of the text only by cutting it off from its intellectual context.
Greece is in a financial limbo now that its bailout program has expired, cutting it off from vital financing and pushing it one step closer to leaving the euro.
With its proposed luxury hotels, high-rise apartment blocks and floating restaurant – Dubai style – this vision entails not the further development of the existing Kisumu, but an altogether different urban future that turns its back to the city, cutting it off from the lakeside.
The lawsuit the Sanders campaign filed against the Democratic National Committee late Friday alleges the party is breaking its contract with the campaign by cutting it off from a database that is the lifeblood of the campaign.
Moreover, Israel's West Bank barrier, ostensibly meant to keep out terrorists, passes just to the south of Ras at-Tira, cutting it off from neighbouring villages and much of its farmland.
That would cripple RIM's business, cutting it off from the market that provides 70% of its $1.35 billion in sales.
An injunction would cripple RIM's business, cutting it off from the market that provides 70% of its sales.
(Patient 12) 'Pain is everywhere... sometimes especially my left arm, I feel like cutting it off... just taking it raw, no anaesthetic nothing, it must be cut off'.
Thailand risks financial markets taking fright, cutting it off from international capital.
I was cutting it off and thinking it was redneck hell down there.
"I wanted to have something that closes in space without cutting it off," Ms. De Keersmaeker said.
