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?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Valeriya	vah-LYE-ree-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Carrie	KER-ee, KAR-ee	English
Gratia	-	German
YÊN	-	Vietnamese
Amon-Ra	-	Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized)
MiŁOsz	MEE-wawsh	Polish