Sentence examples for legacy of isolation from inspiring English sources

Although constrained by Hoxha's legacy of isolation, Alia began to expand ties with neighbours in western as well as eastern Europe in order to acquire foreign exchange, technology, and technical expertise.

And I don't have to be ashamed that I feel the way I do, for shame is part of the legacy of isolation.

In another house in the village, Renata Bott invites me into her kitchen to talk about a different legacy of Alpine isolation – her mother tongue Romansch.

Life-history differences may reflect a legacy of Pleistocene isolations in a smaller western Bering Sea that was ecologically similar to Norton Sound (Brigham-Grette 2001).

And one legacy of years of isolation is that dramas can be magnified into life-or-death soap operas.

In 1973, he prised himself off the streets, though the legacy of shame and isolation never fully dispersed.

"For Obama, this trip is really taking a serious stride toward cementing this policy change toward Cuba and consolidating his legacy of using engagement over isolation," Mr. Kornbluh added.

But after its secession the contrast became even starker: although Serbia still suffers from the legacy of the wars and isolation of the 1990s, the quality of its democracy is better, its economy stronger, and now – after the arrest on Thursday of Ratko Mladić, its hopes of EU membership took a leap forward.

Another legacy of the country's years of isolation is that relatively few people have ever used mobile phones.

It began as a royal collection, overseen not by art historians but by court painters like Velázquez and Goya, the best possible curators, and this legacy of private taste, combined with long isolation, assured singularity.

Even at today's 4% growth rate, it will take many years before Latvians overcome the legacy of their four decades of enforced isolation and backwardness − and the reckless and incompetent policy-making of some of the years since.