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Implied in Chagnon's findings so far is a notion startling to traditional anthropology: the rather horrifying Yãnomamõ culture makes some sense in terms of animal behavior. Chagnon argues that Yãnomamõ structures closely parallel those of many primates in breeding patterns, competition for females and recognition of relatives. Like baboon troops, Yãnomamõ villages tend to split into two after they reach a certain size...
...being reached. As the Vatican II document entitled The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World states, "the beginning, the subject, and the goal of all social institutions is and must be the human person . . ." It stresses that the growth of a community of mankind must parallel the growing interdependence of people. It is that interdependence that the present ministry is trying to foster...
Patterson said one of the Bowdoin attackers made an incredible shot, scoring from a position parallel to the goal line...
...admits that some French specialties simply do not have a minceur equivalent-calf s liver, for example, dries out when cooked a la vapeur, and extravagances like foie gras are obviously not duplicable. Guérard's extraordinary accomplishment has been to create something close to a parallel French cuisine. Says Dr. Georges Halpern, vice president of the French Gastronomical Medical Society: "Guérard has a genius for satisfying the upper part of the body-the tongue, eyes and mind -without filling up the bottom part, the stomach...
Cashin sat on the seat of the port ergometer and set the counter for a four minute piece. Junior John Brock sat on the seat of the parallel starboard ergometer and set the counter for a four-minute piece...