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...animal acts to stop perceived inequalities within its social group - and it's a defining characteristic of social, or cooperative, species. "They wanted the same reward for the same work," says Paul Morris, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Portsmouth who specializes in animal behavior. Morris is quick to explain that the study's results aren't anthropomorphic: "I'm not saying that dog jealousy is precisely like human jealousy." Instead, he says, the dogs likely experienced a primitive form of envy...
...retail credit unions having a short-term interest in preserving the system through such a trying time. The way the liquidity injection is structured, it is up to the retail credit unions to funnel money into the corporates. In explaining the program, NCUA chairman Michael Fryzel has been quick to point out that retail credit unions have a "vested interest" in their corporate brethren. Let's hope they do, to the tune of billions of dollars...
...came across this particularly qualified and brilliant young lady, whom he poked. She poked back.” Koenigs views Palmer’s “youth and origins” as her most appealing characteristics. But while Palmer may hail from the Palin state, she is quick to point out the differences between herself and the mayor of Wasilla. “She knows how to play the flute and I don’t,” Palmer says. “She’s a maverick; I’m not much of a maverick...
Sometimes I feel that house life is the purest expression of happiness we have at Harvard, because whatever we do within our houses, we do for our own enjoyment. Ordinarily, we are quick to sacrifice sleep and meals and socializing upon the altar of a distant future, but in our houses we celebrate the present. The fact that we give so much of our time—which we seem to value above all other things—to make our living environments better is as heartening as it is unexpected...
...member of the female club Isis, suggests the issue is overplayed. “It kind of annoys me when people bring it up,” Biggers said. “His social club does not define him any way.”Schwartz himself is less quick to dismiss the question, stressing his extensive involvement in other organizations outside the Fly, but also framing his membership in the club as an opportunity to “bridge divides” within the student body and reach out to a wide range of student groups. It?...