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Newt Gingrich is well-known as the big-brained man of ideas, so there must be something to this secret plan of his to take his campaign to Hawaii, eve...
Late Returns: Newt Gingrich's Hawaiian Vacation The Huffington Post News Team 2011
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Newt Gingrich is well-known as the big-brained man of ideas, so there must be something to this secret plan of his to take his campaign to Hawaii, even as everyone else in the field is traipsing around Iowa and New Hampshire, mustn't there?
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Newt Gingrich is well-known as the big-brained man of ideas, so there must be something to this secret plan of his to take his campaign to Hawaii, even as everyone else in the field is traipsing aroun...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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We need to abandon the anthropocentric view that only big-brained animals such as ourselves, nonhuman great apes, elephants, and cetaceans dolphins and whales have sufficient mental capacities for complex forms of consciousness.
Marc Bekoff: Animal Minds and the Foible of Human Exceptionalism Marc Bekoff 2011
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What does matter is that his stimulating essay should get us all to appreciate how fascinating other animals are and that we can no longer continue to be over-producing, over-consuming, arrogant, big-brained, big-footed, and invasive mammals who don't give other animals the respect, compassion, and love they deserve.
Marc Bekoff: Animal Minds and the Foible of Human Exceptionalism Marc Bekoff 2011
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After all, we are big-brained altricial mammals, born helpless and requiring extensive adult care, who learn a variety of skills through different sorts of play.
Marc Bekoff: The Child's Right to Play: Let Children Be Animals Marc Bekoff 2011
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In yesterday's FT, Andrew Adonis, big-brained policy wonk turned activist transport secretary, now head of the Sainsbury-funded Institute for Government, admitted the need for better leadership (fewer reshuffles of ministers and top officials would help) and performance, for instance via management boards with can-do non-execs from the private sector.
Political briefing: A drip-drip bloodbath in SW1 Michael White 2010
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What does matter is that his stimulating essay should get us all to appreciate how fascinating other animals are and that we can no longer continue to be over-producing, over-consuming, arrogant, big-brained, big-footed, and invasive mammals who don't give other animals the respect, compassion, and love they deserve.
Marc Bekoff: Animal Minds and the Foible of Human Exceptionalism Marc Bekoff 2011
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What does matter is that his stimulating essay should get us all to appreciate how fascinating other animals are and that we can no longer continue to be over-producing, over-consuming, arrogant, big-brained, big-footed, and invasive mammals who don't give other animals the respect, compassion, and love they deserve.
Marc Bekoff: Animal Minds and the Foible of Human Exceptionalism Marc Bekoff 2011
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We need to abandon the anthropocentric view that only big-brained animals such as ourselves, nonhuman great apes, elephants, and cetaceans dolphins and whales have sufficient mental capacities for complex forms of consciousness.
Marc Bekoff: Animal Minds and the Foible of Human Exceptionalism Marc Bekoff 2011
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