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...mixed broods, a few larvae will assume a larger, more fearsome shape. These "cannibal morphs" seem to exist for one purpose only: to consume cousins (and nonrelatives) and thus make it easier for their brothers and sisters to thrive and multiply. The study does not explain how the cannibals distinguish kin from non-kin. It may be a matter of taste...
Scientists now recognize that there are, in fact, five or six different kinds of warm- and cold-bloodedness, and they are sometimes hard to distinguish, even in living animals. Moreover, making generalizations about the relationship between an animal's activity level and its metabolism can be misleading. "We tend to think that cold-blooded animals are sluggish, but that's not very accurate," says Yale paleontologist John Ostrom. "Some snakes, lizards and crocodiles can move faster than humans can. At the same time, we tend to think that warm-blooded animals are fast and very active, but the average house...
...subordinates even as the character edges toward a moral quandary. He evokes the wife's protectiveness and pragmatic respect toward her husband's labor even as she lashes out to end it. The play implies in each partner a hint of madness, then suggests how hard it is to distinguish between madness and vision. Ron Rifkin, who had a career-transforming success in The Substance of Fire, is even better in Three Hotels. Christine Lahti gives the less nuanced role of the wife an eerie blend of wit, charm and detachment...
...have worked, and are still working to create a distinct educational atmosphere and focus. Programs like Harrington's kindergarten through third grade community computer lab that features 25 Macintosh computers and Graham and Parks' development of innovative year-long themes to package standard curriculum in a bold, new way, distinguish the schools from one another and contribute toward the goals of Cambridge's school choice program...
...Kerrihard, a 4th-year Harvard-MIT graduate student, conducts research in the Beth Israel Hospital's psychiatry department in an attempt to distinguish between the pathological and non-pathological courses which lead to suicide...