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...Then if we want a more specific contribution, I hope that my work will eventually show the tremendous importance of early experience—the difference between good mothering and bad mothering in chimp society. The offspring of the mothers who are less protective, less supportive, less affectionate, less playful??they tend to be tense and nervous in their interactions with others and they’re not as successful...
...quaint Austro-Hungarian village, Kuranaga took to the stage with flawless technique, embodying the spirit of the young, vivacious Swanilda with spunk. Madrigal portrayed a naïve and good-natured Frantz, complementing Kuranaga both in character and skill. The first act was light and playful??the dancers of the corps de ballet (the chorus of the Boston Ballet company) swished their period costumes in Balanchine’s authentic character dances. Character dances are stylized portrayals of folk or national dances...
...thought I’d lend some levity, perhaps inanity—something playful??to the five-hour interrogation that had begun to dribble by with all the speed of a snail. But I stumbled as I jumped to the punch...
...Computer science people have their own sense of humor,” said Yan Zhang ’07, one of the three members of the HC^3 squad, nicknamed “Team Ad Hoc.” According to Zhang, the “whimsical and playful?? problems reflected this humor. The contest organizers emphasized the breadth of material covered. “Tackling these problems is equivalent to completing a semester’s worth of computer programming in one afternoon!” declared the contest’s release. Although the Harvard participants...
From there, the album travels nowhere if not up. Like the instrumentation, the lyrics focus on being playful??they are simple, upbeat and irreverent. Occasionally, the band does away with them entirely, as in the ambient, obviously Air-influenced “Sunshine,” whose only lyric is the song’s title. And just for kicks, they follow up with the energetic and fun “A Minha Menina,” which is sung in Portuguese...