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When asked to show identification, Wu—who is the vice chair of the College Events Board—refused and became “agitated and belligerent,” striking an officer on the arm, according to the police log.
Elephants, whose memory is often celebrated, have also been thought by some experts to hold grudges. But "grudge" may be the wrong word - and it's not exactly a scientific term. More tenable than the notion of animals bearing grudges is the theory that they suffer stress. A 2005 paper...
Tatiana, a zoo tiger, was not acting under "natural" conditions, Bradshaw points out, and the animal's physical and social limitations ought to be taken into account when examining her violent behavior. This is not to say the tiger might not have attacked had she been in the wild, but...
The most striking characteristic of Benazir Bhutto, back when she was a student in the 1970s, was the contrast between the intensity of her eyes and the warmth of her very large smile. It was one of countless contrasts that she embodied. She tended to wear blue jeans and baggy...
When asked to show identification, Wu, who is the vice chair of the College Events Board, refused and became "agitated and belligerent," striking an officer on the arm, according to the log.