an ivory tower

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an ivory tower

if you are in an ivory tower, you are in a place or situation where you are separated from ordinary life and its problems How much of the research done by academics in their ivory towers is ever read or published?

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University president Lord Kinnock of Bedwellty said at the launch: "Never insular, never isolated, never an ivory tower, this is a university which for 125 years has put something substantial back into this part of Wales. Kinnock leads way for university's 125-year celebrations by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) com Set in an ancient and wealthy English estate, Lostlindens: An Ivory Tower Mystery is a suspenseful and deliciously written tale by award-winning author David D. Lostlindens by Small Press Bookwatch It may seem that theologians live safely in an ivory tower debating Christian duty while millions of impoverished or persecuted people cross international borders in search of a better life. Conference connects theology and migration by U.S. Catholic			An apple a day keeps the doctor away an arm and a leg An army marches on its stomach an article of faith an attack an awkward customer an eager beaver an earful an early bath an early bird an earth mother an educated guess an ego trip an embarrassment of riches an éminence grise An empty sack cannot stand upright an end in itself an enfant terrible An Englishman's home is his castle an even break An eye for an eye an Indian summer an inside job an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron man an ivory tower an old chestnut an old flame an old hand an old head on young shoulders an old maid an old wives' tale an open book an open marriage an open sesame an own goal an ugly duckling an Uncle Tom an unknown quantity an uphill battle ancient history and and a half and all that jazz and change and hang the cost and how And how! and no messing and one for luck and so forth			An idiot An idiot An if an important milestone in life an important milestone in someone's life An Incident of Glass An Inconvenient Truth an Indian summer an inside job An Integrated Art Analysis and Navigation Environment An Intelligent Real-Time System for Signal Understanding An Interactive Environment Engine An Interactive Online Learning Environment An Investigation into Corporate Fraud an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron hand in a velvet glove an iron hand in a velvet glove an iron hand in a velvet glove an iron hand in a velvet glove an iron hand in a velvet glove an iron man An ISDN Architecture in use in Japan an itching palm an itchy palm an itchy palm an itchy palm an ivory tower An Lu Shan An Lu-Shan An Lushan An Lushan An Lushan rebellion An Mhumhain An Mhumhain An Nafud An Najaf An Najaf An Nasariyah An Nasiriya An Nasiriyah An Nasiriyah, Iraq An Nefud AN Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds An Nhon an ocean of an ocean of a very large amount of an offensive form of command and control warfare an old chestnut An Old Flame An Old Friend an old hand an old head on young shoulders an old maid an old wives' tale

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