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...prepared for the short-lived libertarian movement. The worst enemies of escaping prisoners were people - their "fellow countrymen"- who shot at them or joined the pack of police pursuers. (The penalty for helping an escapee was 25 years; the reward for catching one was a barrel of herring.) When the women prisoners who had survived the Kengir uprising were marched out of the camp at machine-gun point, jeering female inhabitants of the nearby settlement shouted "Dirty whores!" at them...
...fact, DeVore pointed out that humans exhibit a wider array of possible social behaviors than any other single species, but still an array smaller than that of all other species combined. Thus, by carefully studying not only humans but also the social behavior of other species, be they ants, herring gulls or chimpanzees, we may learn something which is applicable to ourselves. Sociobiology is more of a pure scientific discipline than Emmerich allows for. The elitist politics are injected by him, not DeVore, Wilson, Trivers or any other serious sociobiologist. In fact, sociobiology stresses the cross cultural unity of mankind...
...Herring Catch...
Harvard's number three player Caroline Cunningham took the first match, beating Amy Herring, 15-8, 15-7, and 15-10. Herring had particular trouble with Cunningham's soft, looping serves and with the exhausting pace of the Crimson player's game...
...just risen over the northeastern tip of Long Island, and an icy wind was blowing in from Gardiners Bay. Except for screeching herring gulls and other hungry birds, the only sign of life on this blustery (20° F.) winter morning was a small column of people bundled against the cold and quietly stalking across a frozen marsh. "Hey, there's a blackback!" exclaimed their leader. "And look over there, some goldeneyes." Fighting through thick reeds and tall grass, the bird watchers soon spotted other feathered friends: half a dozen stout-bodied, short-necked diving ducks called white-winged...