1.   Cuba might be a poor, politically isolated island whose people scrape by on rice, beans, and slogans.

2.   Falcone himself, as Stille puts it, had proved that he was dangerous to the Mafia but was politically isolated.

3.   He may hail from a politically isolated island, but he gets around.

4.   His celebrity, once confined to his politically isolated country, has spread throughout the large Cuban-American community in Miami.

5.   In present circumstances, hostility to military action is bound to be even shriller, leaving Washington politically isolated except for support from Britain.

6.   The settlers seem to be politically isolated in their opposition to the peace agreement.

7.   Austria has been politically isolated in Europe since the Freedom Party, formerly headed by Joerg Haider, entered the coalition government in February.

8.   Barak is increasingly isolated politically because of the far-reaching proposals he made to Palestinians at the U.S.-sponsored talks at Camp David, in July.

9.   Deputy Premier Walter Veltroni of the Democratic Party of the Left said the Northern League should be politically isolated.

10.   Labor opponents fear abandoning the EU bid could leave the nation politically isolated and hurt its status as an emerging electronics and financial services center.