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Henk-Jan Hoving, a marine biologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California, said that wasting sperm was apparently less costly for the males than honing their ability to spot females.
Male squid seeks mate of either sex for fun in the dark 2011
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Just two years ago, former Met director Thomas Hoving revealed in his memoirs that a faulty sprinkler system sprayed water onto the painting when it was locked up in a secure storeroom in the museum at night.
Mona Lisa's Miles: The Misadventures Of Leonardo's Masterpiece On the Road 2011
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However, our knowledge of these animals is very limited," Hoving told the Guardian."
Male squid seeks mate of either sex for fun in the dark 2011
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The snow will be blowing around quite a bit, Hoving said.
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We certainly remember dashing "Tom" Hoving, who, when his mentor at the Met, Clevelander James Rorimer died unexpectedly in December 1966, was chosen from a field of 40 candidates to take over the museum's directorship.
Michael Henry Adams: Thomas Hoving, Wendy Burden and the End of Elite Privelige? 2010
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But on the exhibition's cool May opening-night, as Hoving spoke thoughtfully to a throng of unprecedented diversity, it had seemed possible to accomplish such goals and more.
Michael Henry Adams: Thomas Hoving, Wendy Burden and the End of Elite Privelige? 2010
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Tom Hoving, onetime director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY -- who was often reviled for his populist ways -- can only be smiling from his heavenly perch.
Patricia Zohn: Culture Zohn: A Walt Disney Film About the Arts Comes to Light 2010
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More vanished than just one maverick-of-a-man when Hoving died in December.
Michael Henry Adams: Thomas Hoving, Wendy Burden and the End of Elite Privelige? 2010
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Tom Hoving, onetime director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY -- who was often reviled for his populist ways -- can only be smiling from his heavenly perch.
Patricia Zohn: Culture Zohn: A Walt Disney Film About the Arts Comes to Light 2010
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Such 'untouchable' environs, such inflexible dictates as to how one ought to behave, certainly, even while instilling superb manners and an appreciation of beauty, gave Hoving a great deal to react against.
Michael Henry Adams: Thomas Hoving, Wendy Burden and the End of Elite Privelige? 2010
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