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So the scientists watching the elephants kept close observation on Eleanor's body for seven days.
For example, this mother-daughter pair were very close, and then the daughter was killed by a lion.
I don't think so, and I think the reason is because animals really need one-to-one, close relationships for that to happen.
[Callie - Training with chin rest] What you saw McKenzie doing was close but not quite good enough.
They can even tell when information is coming from a close relative like a sibling or parent.
That's one of the reasons why it's been so difficult for us to close the disparity in health care that exists along economic lines, despite the expansion of health insurance under the ACA, or Obamacare.
In 1970, at age 66, Neruda ran for president of Chile before yielding to Salvador Allende and becoming his close advisor.
And this is about as close as you can get to a physical Turing test.
When I arrived at the rehearsal, only 11 kids had shown up, and I said to myself, "Do I close the program or multiply these kids?"
But now, I pay close attention to what happens out there.
Take a look at these surgical wires used to close a patient's sternum following open-heart surgery.
And I still remain in close contact with Lupe and much of her family.
Yet while Jason rested and celebrated with his crew, he could feel his time among them was drawing to a close.
Places on land or close to the surface of the ocean have the advantage of access to sunlight.
I'm going to just close on a very somber note.
I want to close by showing you a videotape that's a version of a future game in the Rockett series that our graphic artists and design people put together, that we feel would please that four percent of reviewers.
The final project I'll talk about is one that's very close to my heart, and it involves an economic and social value that is associated with epiphytic plants.
There was a recent study that asked Americans, "Do you feel like you're no longer close to anyone?"
"No longer close to anyone."
Which means that by doing it once, we can close the gender and literacy gap forever.
The restaurants will close."
For example, the number of people who report having at least two close friends is at an all-time low.
In the novel, Rahel and Estha have a close relationship with Velutha, a worker in their family’s pickle factory and member of the so-called “untouchable” caste.
The sector now supports close to one billion phone connections, it has created nearly four million jobs and generates billions of dollars in taxes every year.
And the scary part about that was, sure, I learned a lot about marine life, but it taught me more about marine death and the extreme mass ecological fatality of fish, of marine life, marine mammals, very close biology to us, which are dying in the millions if not trillions that we can't count at the hands of plastic.
In those days there was still countryside close to the city, farms, cornfields, cows; even not far from our building with its blurred brick and long shadowy hallway you could find tracts with hills and trees you could pretend were mountains and forests.
By the time the soldier advanced close enough to see the telltale wires of the bomb, it exploded in a wave of flame.
They'd like an outcome as close to what they are interested in as possible.
What the squid has developed is a shutter that can open and close over the specialized light organ housing the bacteria.
But if we'll attack each problem directly, not by just providing more information to people but trying to change the friction, add motivation, I think we can ... Can we close the gap?
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