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...which of two humans would be better at helping them find some hidden food. While the animals themselves could not see where the food was being hidden, they could observe that only one of the two humans had a full view of the process. When asked to choose a helper, the chimps overwhelmingly chose the human who knew where the food was hidden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Animals Think? | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

...cups of juice. One accidentally spills juice on the floor; the other overturns the cup deliberately. When asked to choose a handler to deliver their next cup of juice, chimps prefer the clumsy person, suggesting that they are aware they are better off with a klutz than with a helper with evil intent. Again, in analogous experiments capuchin monkeys appear to be less shrewd. The animals will, pitiably, continue to put their trust in a human helper who eats rather than delivers their food, even after he or she has stuffed himself 150 times with the monkeys' treats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Animals Think? | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

Murphy, a general cook, and Pucci, a chef's helper, have seven years experience between them in Harvard's dining halls, in jobs ranging from kitchen laundry to custom catering...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Lunch Earns Place in History | 2/3/1993 | See Source »

...Here I'm a big fish in a little pond. I have more opportunity to play. I'm not just a helper. I'm an integral part of the team," Marin says...

Author: By Wendy A. Gribb, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: A Big Fish...In A Little Pond | 4/15/1992 | See Source »

...ruined doctor commits suicide, and his wife Peyton (Rebecca De Mornay) suffers both a miscarriage and a descent into madness as a result of the trauma. Assuming a false name and a false air of accommodation, she turns up at the Bartels', seeking work as a mother's helper. And, of course, revenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ultimate Other Woman | 1/20/1992 | See Source »

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