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...another experiment, De Waal and his students reward two monkeys for a task by giving them cucumber. It's not a favorite food, but they happily go on doing the task anyway. Then the scientists begin giving one of the monkeys grapes--like caviar for a capuchin. At that point, the monkey that is still getting cucumber refuses to play. Says De Waal: "It's like me discovering my colleague, who works just as hard as I do, gets a salary that is twice the size of mine. I was perfectly happy before...
...individuals. The Taj and its immediate environs come under six government agencies: the ministries of culture, environment and tourism, two city authorities and one state body. Thakur is careful not to condemn the ASI or the ministries, describing their staff as sincere professionals faced with an almost impossible task. But she also complains that turf wars and bureaucratic inefficiency have hampered coordination of efforts. For example, $10 million set aside eight years ago for monument restoration under a body called the National Culture Fund is still largely unspent. Culture Secretary Neena Ranjan concedes there are "major problems" but points...
...give it an appetite." Maybe so. But the burden of proof lies with the athlete. Insurer NIG - a division of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group - will pony up only for "injuries that can be proven to be the result of an attack by the Loch Ness monster." That task might prove tougher than the 19-km bike ride and 10-km run that follow the swim. Unless, of course, Bigfoot and UFOs will be stalking around the Highlands. - By Adam Smith...
Similarly, for Mendy Greenberg in Anchorage, Alaska, the bar mitzvah is a meaningful event. Mendy’s parents are members of the Lubavitcher Hasidic sect of Judaism, and they believe that part of their mission in life is to reach out to less observant Jews, a task that begins, for Mendy, on the day he becomes a bar mitzvah...
This might be a manageable task except that Camp Chunder Camp, departing from traditional values of community and responsibility, promotes order and good behavior among the campers through an incentive system based on soda. My efforts to impress upon the campers the importance of air rifle safety are rendered fruitless with their veins bathing their trigger fingers in pure Sunkist, digits which, in turn pump, out pounds of ordinance in the general direction of squirrels that stray near the range. Winslow’s quasi-senile and marginally coherent mutterings of, “Shoot to kill?...