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...John Bryson of the University of Birmingham says Russia’s isolation from global supply networks is damaging its research and development and manufacturing systems....
...No architectural project exists in isolation; we need to also think about what we can do for the street, for the neighbourhood around it. I’m optimistic....
...It is paring back their existence and causing renewed anxiety just as things had opened up after two years of social isolation....
...There has also been some impact on labour supply, with some staff unable to work because of sickness or self-isolation, warned the BoE....
...Real disposable incomes are likely to continue to fall next year....
...But again, there is a risk of seeing the issue in isolation from real world problems....
...“There are only two ways to combat this: social isolation and mass rapid vaccination.” Additional reporting by Carolina Pulice in São Paulo...
...Her methods of repairing damaged garments beautifully also tap into a rejection of disposable fashion, the tendency to condemn a jumper to landfill at the appearance of a moth hole....
...Concern about infection has driven consumers back to throwaway packaging, while bans on disposable items have been delayed in the UK and US....
...The measures announced on Wednesday, which include checkpoints to inspect workers’ temperatures and respiratory health, isolation rooms for those suspected of being infected and the disinfection of surfaces...
...The spread of Covid-19 has deepened the isolation of the Islamic republic, already under US sanctions....
...However, they find it hard to maintain self-isolation. Paw-prints in clusters of six are visible in the adjoining long grass....
...One old friend travelled to Vietnam seemingly unaware that each new photo screamed “self-isolation” on his return....
...The fact that the top 20 per cent of income earners received six times the disposable household income of the bottom 20 per cent (according to the government’s own figures) doesn’t get a look-in....
...For FT Globetrotter, Niki Blasina beats boredom in self-isolation. (FT) Have you had to self-isolate? Share your experience at work.careers@ft.com Will you commit to pay transparency?...
...Eleri Lynn, Historic Royal Palaces collections creator, says embroidery’s renaissance “does come from a sustainability angle; it’s a reaction to disposable fashion....
...“The government has announced large chunks of spending in advance — and in isolation — without considering it as part of the broader public finances,” the IFS said....
...The products are inexpensive but not disposable, not meant to be worn for a season and thrown away, as many brands in the same price range are....
...He echoes Withers’ insistence that designers need to look at the whole picture, not one single problem in isolation....
...I was acutely aware of our isolation and vulnerability, a little nuclear unit in the middle of the big city....
...I have also looked carefully at the case for introducing a levy on the production of disposable plastic cups not just for coffee, but for all types of beverage I have concluded that a tax in isolation would...
...After a lifetime of believing that hard work and good cheer are all you need to succeed, an ageing Willy Loman abruptly wakes up to the reality that he is as disposable as an old toaster....
...People laboured hard, lived in isolation and died young. What changed this was technology....
...Some are longstanding manufacturing ventures, such as a ship-breaking yard and a disposable syringe factory. Others target new markets such as mobile payments....
...In isolation, each of these works is a dry, empty squib. Gathered en masse, as the Guggenheim has done for a new retrospective, they accumulate into an even more hermetic oeuvre....
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