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...ost baby kookaburra. He befriends a colourful bunch of dogs and a cat. His sense of fun turns their life upside down. But at the same time, the dogs' survival skills and the cat's wisdom take Pirate on a journey that changes his life forever. Pirate grows up. He learns to stand up for himself, to overcome fear and to care for his loved ones. The story has it all - acti...

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...Both baited the man for the fecundity of prosperity and progeny. It was a survival response that was selfish in base primeval instincts. It was huma... ...tare that he felt that it could easily seduce him in as its prey--that the survival of the fittest reigned with the hegemony of its kind just as micro... ...eat city of Bangkok. These transients had the understanding and listening skills of trained psychologists and offered unto him a piece of bubble gum ... ... needed a degree of ebullience. This was their respite from worries about survival to which drugs or snookers had been ineffective distractions. A bi... ...eese anyway. ---What would he do as a cast away? --Well, there are ways of survival. One can be out there selling his body one moment and then find h... ...me). How manipulative were the benevolent lies of Thais in the business of survival. Jatupon bought one of those purposeless products. He argued to ... ...pithecus) humans had not learned love. They had learned speech and social skills for society to exist but they hadn't learned love. He wondered if t...

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...reets raised them. It turned them into hardened men before they could enjoy the joys and innocence of youth. The streets, where survival by any mean... ...e of the game, raised them. 19 He was a good father to his young brother, he thought. In a cruel world, he had taught him survival. Not many p... ...major injuries. The folks from Sasani, especially The Chief, liked the part about the lawyer not being able to practice his law skills again. Up to ...

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...Easy there, Wolf Boy. I couldn’t stand your moping around and wasting your skills on Humans. I might have dropped a hint or two in Isabella’s ear.” “... ...disappeared? One tracker and it wasn’t even Jacques. Not knocking Byron’s skills, but come on! And he prevented Jacques from looking for Laylah. Hen... ...one of them. They all came from the major tribes and were known for their skills in fields such as assassination and clan takeovers. They were the C... ...ent. He’s also the fastest. Besides, I have faith in my daughter's jockey skills. If anyone can coax a win out of a horse, it’s Mya.” Ahdum laughed.... ...I’ll make sure Mya comes. My daughter is good with horses, but her social skills are lousy.” Ahdum laughed. “Yes, I’ve seen that up close. Have a goo... ...ng obedience. “Let’s play a game. It’ll be fun,” Zina purred. “It’s called survival. You see, my prey, your rescuers have gathered outside and are wa...

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...world. They built me up to be the perfect soldier physi- cally. The combat skills I had to learn the old fashioned way, but I have to say it’s easier... ... Not trying to make light of what happened to you but this is a quest for survival and I want to grab as much stuf as possible,” Vincent covered him... ...ontinued to talk to the tall man. “Of course not. We’re in a fght for our survival; we have no desire to do any harm to anyone except for Zodiac and... ...ow truly had to live up to this pedestal people had put him on. The very survival of humanity depended on it. He also realized that his job in Norw... ...n who had hired him as a Department of Defense Consultant. His incredible skills and natural talents in Information Technology af- forded him the hig... ... highest security clearances that a civilian could get. It was these very skills that now had him playing a major role in what would soon turn into ... ...s you for who you are. You’ve played a major role in our progress. Combat skills aren’t the only thing that’s going to help us. The things you know ... ... lon- ger is brute strength or physical prowess the determining factor of survival. Humanity has evolved. The power of the mind and one’s ability to... ...nded person. The secret must re- main with me as my continued guarantee of survival. I realize that you would have to discuss this with your leadersh...

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... but quickly recovered. “Freedom is something that has always been compromised. Sometimes survival supercedes freedom. “Do you equate freedom with f... ...nsciousness?” “This planet’s consciousness, from the beginning, is one of evolution and survival. Can you deny that?” “Of course not, but in no w... ...ny that?” “Of course not, but in no way does it negate our free will. Our evolution and survival are part of it. Do you not agree?” “Illusion and... ... Bureau or my country,” Cummings said. “Fuck the Bureau. I’m talking literally about the survival of life as we know it on this planet.” “I’ll do... ...,” he said to Cummings. “That’s just it, we’ve been operatives. Brand was covert, he has skills we can’t even imagine. His mind doesn’t work like o... ... Navy Seal he had been considered the best poker player around, he hoped he still had the skills. Chandler, his chief of staff entered first. “What...

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...she was thinking up a few situations where it might be necessary to call on his skills in the very near future. Jasmin gave him a meaningful look.... ... she’s on the ball. She’s very impressive.” “Are you referring to her journalism skills or her looks, Daddy?” asked Lolly, with a note of pique in h... ...ront of Harden. “You three. Up to the roof,” he commanded. “We’re fighting for survival. Go.” The three sleepwalkers lumbered out of the ward. Mr...

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...west. John E. Richman 12 Unfortunately, they didn’t have the education or skills to do much more than farm or fight. Some became very successful... ...amazing any of ‘em survived. Folks had to rely a lot more on one another for survival.” “Kinda like Pete’s relyin’ on you right now?” I asked. ...

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...m sticking as close to his mawla as possible ... and so did her chances at survival. * * * * For the last couple of months she had been playing the la... ... 259 He realized from the first that it would take more than his "artisan" skills to make a useful weapon. But having mawla's mate's machinery availab...

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...s. It is actually a relief to get back to work on something that is not purely focused on survival. But to answer your question, yes, I knew this da... ...d and instructed them to never reveal what they knew and why. He emphasized that the very survival of the Royal Family depended on their faith in th... ...d, is that the people who created those cylinders, likely have many other highly advanced skills. They came from somewhere else. That ‘somewhere els... ...asures.” Secret of the Sands 259 “You keep a stash?” Bob asked. “Of course! It’s a survival thing,” Jack replied. “Don’t tell me you don’t do ...

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... addition, he had contracted to finish a five hundred page book on Wilder­ ness Survival techniques. He had taken on too much, which ulti­ mately cos... ...he web is disintegrating rapidly. The Mother Earth is in pain, fighting for her survival." "I know what the white man has done to the Mother Earth, ... ... strong. Richard didn't understand. "I am merely an archeologist, a wilderness survivalist. And, yes, a dreamer, but a dreamer with­ out any courage... ...to introduce Dr. Hawk, here, as Director of ... what do you call it ... Project Survival?" "Correct," Alana said sitting upright in a professional p... ... S6 Johnathan Cross tion, "are to give your full support and effort to Project Survival. That's all you need to be concerned \vith." "Alana," Rich... ...drenaline. Perhaps, it was the spark he needed to rekindle his life; to use his skills that had once given meaning to his life. Whatever it was, he ... ...s after that when he took the job as Managing Editor for TIME. He could use his skills, but not his emotions. The last ten years were a blur. Even ...

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...d hotels for worldwide reservations services. Because of their electronic skills, many foreign companies use Indian companies to solve the ever-occu... ...free our thinking and give our imaginations free rein we must learn these skills in school. Memorization does not beget freedom of thought. You can‘... ...heir purses. Are we all equal, with equal needs and desires, or is it the survival of the fittest, or the cruelest? ―Look at the warring factio... ... ―The age old problems of demography versus democracy, starvation versus survival, poverty versus plenty—are forcing even the most uninformed citiz... ... I sometimes think that whatever we do as politicians is dangerous to our survival. There is always somebody with a gun who disagrees with us. ... ... 41 storms, have flooded the cities. There are no jobs requiring farm skills in the cities. Masses of workers compete for the microcosm of jobs.... ... holding wages down and the appetites of the rich driving food prices up, survival is as difficult as scaling Everest without ice axes or Sherpas. ... ...han in Singaling, using Maslow‘s hierarchy of needs, you would start with survival needs like food, drink and shelter. I would guess that money woul...

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...ated profile. "This is what it is all about Roxanne; preserving life, the survival of mankind. You know how long it has been since we found a live o... ... surprisingly, this Rider had swift reflexes. With above average fighting skills, the Rider sent Shaun to the gravel. Both rolled about on the raili... ...m discreetly sought to eliminate the problem, forcing Defects to fight for survival by any means possible. The man didn't care either way, though he h... ...behind him, the Nomad came to a standstill. On the surface, his fight for survival had fine tuned his senses. Listening intently, he concluded somet... ...tack. Killing Shaun was not an issue, but the woman made him nervous. Her skills and speed undoubtedly had him at a major disadvantage. Uncertainty ... ...t of all. The education system taught reading and writing, but above all, survival skills. At sixteen years of age, one was eligible to participate ... ... The education system taught reading and writing, but above all, survival skills. At sixteen years of age, one was eligible to participate in the ro... ...e idea of this method was to prevent boredom and social stigma, promoting skills and equality. All sections were deemed important to the workings of... ...fferent for him and allowing her to get through barriers he'd erected for survival. Those who built the Techtronic were contemptible in David's eyes...

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...e same with her brother, passing down their family's hunting traditions and skills one-on-one. Killing correctly and reverently took more than simpl... ...seemed primitive. They left Masari hunters no room for error, requiring the skills to execute perfect, painless killing as the Covenant dictated. H... ... where we can condemn just enough of them to death to ensure the rest of us survival—and idolization. And that idolatry is the deadliest game of all... ...ation. The Covenant was supposed to create a mythos that assured our mutual survival." The teachings had described village dyads everywhere. Crossro... ... Crossroads empty-handed. She had trained late, slow to master the tracking skills. Even now she could not shake her belief that NightShout's influe... ...and deliberately, in an attitude of deep respect. She had honed her hunting skills not only for tracking prey but for earning its blessing. The com... ...ding places. They must have learned strategies to maximize their chances of survival once they came of age. Many more Yata entered the forest than d... ... the couriers she used lessons learned from the Yata who had foiled her own skills of detection. More Alvav citizens should be here, exploring the h... ... hunters who would sooner be dead than sacriligeous. It made no sense. But survival did. Armed and armored, Gria was a visible target. The dead wom...

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... Intel. “Thank you, Colonel Brion, but you didn’t have to sell me on their skills. I see it right before my eyes.” The President studied Jewels for a... ... her. He wanted to bask in her heat and make her yowl her pleasure at his skills. He reached out and stroked her face with his paw. Her eyelids clos... ...re. After two days of waiting, he had gotten his way. After the contest of skills was finished, he would claim his little human in all ways. He refus... ...time to remind them that awareness of their surroundings was paramount to survival. Leftclaw straightened and bellowed, “What is going on here? You... ... fiercely bidding on Jewels' contract. Each of them wanted the telepath's skills. Psi-Ops hoped to cash in and make a tremendous amount of money. Not... ...hat pathetic hybrid Adam boasted of his prowess, but obviously lacked the skills necessary to contain one little female. It was amazing that the fem... ...l possibilities? This Council has lost sight of what is important for our survival and that of humans. Lt. Enbran and her mate are crucial for our lo...

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...ch history, geography, economics, psychology and many other areas. Naturally we use computer games and exercises to teach basic computational skills... .... ―With game attendance, television, marketing of sport team uniforms and such, the athletes have achieved a power greater than their skills... ...eed the powerful nations to follow our lead. But it seems that they are using their time to pursue riches rather than human values and human surviv... ...n to be able to love. We hope that the parents are interested in helping their children with their homework or with learning athletic or other skills... ... dominant mothers and psychologically inactive fathers. They may dress well, be flirtatious, and have bubbling personalities with many social skills... ... women make up 40% of the cases of spousal murderers. (17) ―The profile of male batterers indicates that: they lack problem solving skills...

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...ew, though her education and intelligence were not so vast, her analytical skills not so keen, and her personal experience of loss the only means for... ...e preoccupations that were the emphasis of the typical adult mentality of survival, encroachment, and advancement, she might have been inclined to op... .... She was just unable, in her weakened state, to subscribe to the laws of survival and the venality of the self-imposed slavery of working at conven... ...he Heavens – and believing that in repudiating the game of competition for survival that she would be fed nonetheless like any of His smaller and mor... ... had no money, to also not have any place to stay, and thus, not think of survival, was tantamount to having no thought other than survival, and ever... ... a misconception of self, and every solipsistic thought set on obtaining survival and comfort. She just wanted to be a rotting leaf gradually decomp...

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...selfishness. He wanted to be Seoul Tiger once again but such was not in the survivalist impulses of man. Such was not destiny. Hadn't there been nu... ...he fat boy nodded his head silently. The boy knew his genius in interpretive skills. A sense of pride exuded over his face in a white light but the f... ...h other in the games he devised for them as if beating others in the game of survival were entrenched in human curiosities. They had also done English... ...dual was a troubling factor. It was the impulsiveness of one lacking social skills who suddenly drives up to a school playground to form intimacies, ... ...t survive, prosper, and propagate dynastically. She thought to herself that survival of the fittest truly played out in all things and selfishness wa... ... closet crying was worse than insane for one who was so proud of her logical skills, and so believing that she could stare down the eyes of wild leopa... ...s, and music all recorded that the rich, and happy people who played in this survival of the fittest game so successfully did so by following their de... ...the state of Kansas. After all, humans were adaptive animals. The world was survival of the fittest, and man surviving within the perils of his envir... ...uch extroverted activities that required all her acting abilities and social skills to be on target, she sank back into her hallowed, private domain. ...

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...ng how to be a more complete human being while also learning the advanced skills of an occupation that I will enjoy throughout my life. ―Why... ...d self centeredness, knowing that the state or the family will meet one‘s survival needs . We might surmise that if there‘s unemployment it obviousl... ... tax on income reduces the desire to work unless working is necessary for survival. ―A couple of other things can help. If productivity i... ... than survive. The survivors are more likely to pass on traits that aid in survival. In a bird it might be a stronger bill that can crack nuts better... ... selection. Then the Islamic scholar, al-Jahiz, postulated the idea of the survival of the fittest a thousand years before Charlie had the idea. But ... ...d be able to develop their own means of economic production for their own survival. Total state control as in communism, where the state owns all of... ...nd they rationalize that ‗it‘s an easy way to make money. I have no other skills.‘ Just look at most countries and you will see a number of people w... ...ee both positive and negative immigrants. Immigrants that provide needed skills and services while paying more in taxes than they take out, like Ind... ...‘t have the often anti- Christian Muslims. And the people come with needed skills. Not like the hard working but skill less Central Americans. ...

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...abandon their newborn. They have so many of them that they can leave their survival to chance." "What do you mean by that?" she asked pugnaciously, as... ...hey were done well." "Unlike you who have probably gained a lot of various skills in your labor, I don't have many practical skills. I can't fix anyth... ... a bit more than merely another avaricious creature seeking more than mere survival and pleasures greater than comfort as means for its betterment, as... ...ife but without stigma and free of onerous thoughts of what was needed for survival. "It's me. In the train? Remember? I sat next to you I was--" Nawi...

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...e turned women's heads as he walked by. And he used his looks, like his other skills, to get what he wanted. His reputation as a playboy grew propor... ...ather is dead." "As we would have all been, if we need not cooperate. It was survival, Michael. Survival," Cardona said making a fist. "It was beca... ... you want. I have nothing, not even a place to sleep. I fight everyday for my survival.” “If what you say is true, I will make a deal with you.” ...

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...hollered and went in for the kill. Dressed in military uniform, weapon and survival gear strapped to my body, I hauled myself up onto the chook-shed ... ...ring painted overalls armed with a hammer and a sandwich. First lesson in survival; food. Craters formed whilst I tapped on the corrugated iron. Natu... ... Not. “Barry!” I force surprise. “How long have you been here?” My acting skills are excellent as usual. “I saw the whole thing,” Barry replies, pack...

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... Spinning Sow, the Green Monkey, and oth- ers, were animals in cages whose skills astonished the passer- by, and whose accomplishments prove the patie... ... Guillaume enjoined silence with a wave of her hand, which she obeyed by a survival of habit, and her mother went on in harsh tones: “Don’t talk to me...

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...e and, on occasion, some direction con- cerning a few usage matters. Basic skills students have difficulty with mechanics, punctuation and usage. That... ...ifficulty with mechanics, punctuation and usage. That s why they are basic skills students. However, at the col- lege level we are mostly concerned wi... ...cause sometimes they have trouble with speaking, writing and pronunciation skills. Most ESL students are interested in math and some science courses. ... ...which only meets one hour each week, and only to improve students speaking skills. Most of the time spent in this group we learn how to speak, do pron... ... preparing to enter a United States University. This program is to enhance skills in academic reading and writing, formal academic language and an ori... ... academic language and an orientation to United States culture and student survival skills (Lehigh University 1996-97 Catalog, 35). Our Penn State ...

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... such as the enormous number trained only in religious schools, lacked the skills needed by their societies. Far more acquired valuable skills but liv... ... these young men, even if able to study abroad, lacked the perspective and skills needed to understand a different culture. Frustrated in their search... ...t Sudan—significantly weakened, despite his ambitions and orga- nizational skills. He returned to Afghanistan. 61 2.5 AL QAEDA’S RENEWAL IN AFGHANISTA... ...hools produced large numbers of half-educated young men with no marketable skills but with deeply held Islamic views. 65 Pakistan’s rulers found these... ...e for these monsters to rest, to train, or practice their cruel and deadly skills.We must act together, or unilaterally, if necessary to ensure that t... ...to the handrails and stairs, were credited by some as the reason for their survival.The general evacuation time for the towers dropped from more than ... ...ns at or above the impact zone in the North Tower had the smallest hope of survival. Once the plane struck, they were prevented from descending becaus...

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...onment. We think of walking, talking, play- ing the piano, the specialized skills characteristic of the etcher, the surgeon, the bridge-builder, as if... ...he social group grows more complex, involving a greater number of acquired skills which are dependent, either in fact or in the belief of the group, u... ...ploy scientific knowledge as it functions in men’s occupations is itself a survival of an aristocratic culture. The notion that “applied” knowledge is... ...termin- gling, in even the same study, of concession to useful- ness and a survival of traits once exclusively attributed to preparation for leisure. ... ...r typical ways of dealing with the question. (i) One method represents the survival of the older authoritative position, with such concessions and com...

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...ers countries which, no longer solely concerned with the problem of national survival, INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 297 ... ...ents, nearly a billion people seek, sometimes almost in desperation, for the skills and knowledge and assistance by which they may satisfy from their ... ...military strength, and help to build the security of others. We must use our skills and knowledge and, at times, our substance, to help others rise fr... ...eet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty. This much we pledge—and more. To tho...