21.   Many Nobel watchers thought Adams, too, deserved a stake in the peace prize for spearheading the movement of Irish republicanism from political isolation toward the international mainstream.

22.   On Friday European Commission President Romano Prodi warned Britain it risked political isolation if it turned its back on the euro.

23.   Speculation had been mounting for months that the junta would seek to end its political isolation by freeing the opposition leader.

24.   Taiwan has increasingly turned to such quiet diplomacy to break the political isolation Beijing has placed on the island.

25.   They also said Iraq needs Saudi support to reduce its political isolation in the Arab world.

26.   ASEAN contended it could best encourage political change in Rangoon through regular contacts with the junta, while the West has traditionally called for its political isolation.

27.   Those responsible for violations of Dayton should be subject to measures including political isolation and the suspension of economic aid, Izetbegovic urged.

28.   Jordan has barely emerged from political isolation into which it was plunged following the Gulf crisis.