Word: chamberlain
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...months, Harvard biology post-doctorates Nicola L. Chamberlain and Ryan I. Hill, both authors on the study, stood in an enormous cage of Heliconius butterflies, ready to swoop in and grab males as they fluttered their wings above a female in an attempt to mate...
...Chamberlain said the fieldwork was a combination of extremes, involving exciting mountain—bike excursions to collect butterflies followed by hours of sitting and waiting for them to mate. “It was sometimes frustrating when you felt like you were giving it your all but the butterflies were not performing,” Hill added...
...tell truth to power. The first example of this I came across is during the 1938 Munich crisis, one of the most ignoble moments in British foreign policy. MI5 at that point actually understands [Adolf] Hitler far better than the British government and then Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in particular. He pays no attention to what they tell him during the negotiations that lead to the Munich agreements. So Vernon Kell [the head of MI5 at the time] decides the only way he can get through to the Prime Minister is to tell him what Hitler is saying about...
...left a huge void in many lives.” Known for her speed and agility, Joo—who teammates said went by her last name on the field—played the back position on the team. In that capacity, Joo handled offense, according to Aubrey M. Chamberlain ’10, who played on the rugby team with Joo last year. “She was definitely one of the more athletically advanced members,” Chamberlain said, adding that Joo “was gregarious, hardworking, and just very admirable.” Students familiar...
...definitely one of the more athletically advanced members,” Chamberlain said, adding that Joo “was a really dedicated member of the team—gregarious, hardworking, and just very admirable...