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Evolution does a really, really good job of deselecting traits that aren't advantageous to us and selecting traits for competitive advantage.
It must mean that the country had something so advantageous to itself in terms of economic growth to overcome the negative effects of the Cultural Revolution.
And sometimes it would be advantageous for one of these guys to try to sabotage the other guys.
And the opposite is advantageous in running.
In retrospect, it would have been much more advantageous for humans to crave nutrients and vitamins rather than just calories.
In the short term, stress can be advantageous, but when activated too often or too long, your primitive fight or flight stress response not only changes your brain but also damages many of the other organs and cells throughout your body.
Now, this approach is advantageous for a variety of reasons.
You need to discover the general principles of nature, and then use these analogies when they're advantageous.
Sometimes I think postcolonial cities are like the children of the two least-favorite wives, who are constantly being asked, "Ah, why can't you be more like your sister?" (Laughter) The "why" of cities is largely the same, no matter where they are: an advantageous location that makes trade and administration possible; the potential for scalable opportunities for the skilled and unskilled alike; a popular willingness to be in constant flux and, of course, resilience.
It’s almost always advantageous for a female to continue reproducing, even if she also cares for her existing children and grandchildren.
Engineering can be inspired by biology by using its principles and analogies when they're advantageous, but then integrating that with the best human engineering, ultimately to make something actually better than nature.
But China continues to work hard on many fronts to cement an advantageous position in Latin America, including by pouring large volumes of direct investment into the region.
But his mercurial ways make it plausible that he may find it politically advantageous to strike a serious bargain on the nuclear issue.
States cooperate because it is advantageous for them to do so, but at the same time they lose control over certain internal matters.
Their decision-making time horizon will not be affected by a long phase-in of the more advantageous tax rate.
And while Switzerland may be the world’s oldest tax haven, it is not the most advantageous place to park one’s money.
Against all expectations, it struck a morally advantageous posture by offering to surrender some part of its budget rebate, but only if the rest of the European Union (i.e.
Win-win policies – defined as distribution mechanisms that produce growth and reduce inequality simultaneously – are the easiest to evaluate, and the most advantageous to adopt.
One of the first attempts to square the theory with the evidence was proposed by my late colleague Motoo Kimura, who posited the existence of neutral mutations – gene variants that are neither advantageous nor harmful to an individual, and therefore not influenced by natural selection.
Sand mounds are particularly advantageous, given coastal areas’ economic value.
Trump’s ability to reverse himself and deny having done so could be equally advantageous.
The Philippines is in an advantageous position to take advantage of the many diplomatic opportunities that will be generated by Obama’s potential activism in the Pacific.
The T-bills could be sold to the ECB at any time, making them tantamount to cash; but, as long as they yield more than deposits with the ECB, the banks would find it advantageous to hold them.
Borrowing the credibility of an established monetary authority – especially one that issues a global reserve currency – would be tactically advantageous for a post-independence Scotland; but the new country would be exposed to the risk of an inflation shock and sterling crisis stemming from the Bank of England’s expansionary monetary policy.
Croatia's economy and traditional access to Europe could have placed it among the first candidates for European integrations had its political and social elite any notion that this was advantageous.
For starters, Syria’s location in the eastern Mediterranean is not as advantageous as is Libya’s position in North Africa.
Until then, China will continue to press its claims by whatever means – fair or foul – it deems advantageous.
Commercial banks found it advantageous to accumulate weaker countries’ bonds to earn a few extra basis points, which caused interest rates to converge across the eurozone.
For reasons of its own, the Bush administration has found it advantageous to nurture the fear that September 11 engendered.
After years of relying on America’s presence in the region, playing an advantageous waiting game, China’s next leaders may embrace a more active role.
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