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...deceit in an attempt to save their unborn young from his later attack: they demonstrate estrus behavior to the new leader, presumably to trick him into thinking the future offspring are his. But once the new male shows that he is determined to kill the infants, the mothers abandon their young. Though they could gang up on the male or refuse to copulate with him after infanticide, Hrdy notes, it is always in their individual self-interest to break ranks and accept him. Reason: their own male offspring will eventually benefit from the infanticidal trait...
...diverse talent. To most, Billy Joel is still a stranger: they know him only as the piano man. But Billy Joel is much more than that, and The Stranger demonstrates his range of abilities. The experimentation of side two is still a bit rough, but Joel should not abandon his experiments. Along with the attempts at diverse types of music, Joel might do well to return with some instrumentals like "Root Beer Rag" and "The Mexican Connection," the two best cuts from Streetlife Serenade...
Sources close to the Cambridge City Council announce that Dean Henry Rosovsky "will not be the next mayor of Cambridge" because he does not feel he can abandon his review of undergraduate education "at this time." In a rare show of solidarity, the council unanimously selects the giant recombinant clam as the new mayor, after the clam promises to continue former Mayor Vellucci's practices of "keeping Harvard on its toes," "swing voting, and pastadigition...
Dean Henry Rosovsky turns down the presidencies of Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia and Penn. He is quoted as saying he felt he could not abandon his review of undergraduate education "at this time...
...Eastern Dog Club Show, held last month at Hynes Auditorium and pictured here. Between shows a weekly brushing suffices, but even this can be a painstaking, four-hour job of combing out matted hair in the dog's undercoat. In fact, many owners tire of the excessive grooming, and abandon their sheepdogs to dog pounds and humane societies. Sometimes, the dogs are casualties of divorces and job transfers, or they may be left behind because they grow larger and more rowdy than their owners had expected...