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They severed her head, put it on top of her computer with a similar note.
But when this was also banned for similar reasons, there was a transition to Yaro-Kabuki, performed by men, necessitating elaborate costumes and makeup for those playing female roles, or onnagata.
Figuring similar things are made in similar ways, he argued the ancient teeth came from ancient sharks in waters that formed rock around the teeth and became mountains.
Similar to a domino effect, one person's yawn triggers a yawn in a person nearby that has observed the act.
Of course, I think any of us, in any remotely similar situation, would feel the same way, we'd have the same instinct.
Locusts are similar to shrimp.
We can find the center of mass for other objects by similar calculations, or by finding the object's balancing point, which lies right underneath its center of mass.
This system is similar for everyone, but the sensitivity and efficacy of these brain circuits determines how much you feel and cope with pain.
But although this may sound similar to some human societies, this organization doesn't arise from any higher level decisions, but is part of a biologically programmed cycle.
A similar effect happens with random sequences of sound.
So what you are seeing now in China is a very similar process to the one that we had in Britain during the Industrial Revolution, especially the transition from the first to the second.
Though different areas of the skin have different characteristics, much of this surface performs similar functions, such as sweating, feeling heat and cold, and growing hair.
This has an effect similar to replacing a large diffuse light fixture with a single overhead light bulb, which also makes the shadow appear clearer.
There is another visual phenomenon that looks similar to floaters but is in fact unrelated.
The similar looking eyes of cephalopods, which evolved independently, have a front-facing retina, allowing them to see without a blind spot.
Some types of shrimp can also create a similar shock wave underwater, stunning or even killing pray at a distance with just a snap of their oversized claw.
The algorithm can then compare between our musical phrases and that beautiful melody, and select only the phrases that are most similar to it.
Once the least similar sequences are weeded out, the algorithm can reapply mutation and recombination to what's left, select the most similar, or fitted ones, again from the new generation, and repeat for many generations.
And what's interesting is that the salamander has kept a very primitive circuit, which is very similar to the one we find in the lamprey, this primitive eel-like fish, and it looks like during evolution, new neural oscillators have been added to control the limbs, to do the leg locomotion.
Clearly, human locomotion is more complex than cat and salamander locomotion, but at the same time, the nervous system of humans is very similar to that of other vertebrates.
All of these smells come from the activity of microorganisms, particularly bacteria, and, as disgusting as it may sound, similar bacteria live in the moisture-rich environment of your mouth.
In a similar vein, how are we going to create economic growth in the emerging markets, where 90 percent of the world's population lives and where, on average, 70 percent of the population is under the age of 25?
While modern English shares many similar words with Latin-derived romance languages, like French and Spanish, most of those words were not originally part of it.
They're similar to things that I've seen on volcanoes all over the world and even super-volcanoes like Yellowstone.
I am one of more than four and a half million athletes around the globe, and I've heard so many similar stories.
Something similar has been going on with milk and eggs.
Those heads contain impressively large brains, with a brain to body ratio similar to that of other intelligent animals, and a complex nervous system with about as many neurons as that of a dog.
Soda and white bread have a similar glycemic index because they have a similar effect on your blood sugar.
The two sides of your brain look similar, but function differently.
One interpretation, called the transmission model, views communication as a message that moves directly from one person to another, similar to someone tossing a ball and walking away.
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