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playIn zoology, actions that have all the elements of purposeful behaviour but are performed for no apparent reason. Play has been documented only among mammals and birds. It is most common among immature animals, but adult animals also play. Horses, cattle, and other ungulates run and kick up their heels even when not fleeing from predators or defending themselves. Dogs adopt an aggressive posture to entice others to join in mock combat. Otters are well known for their mud sliding. Male birds may spontaneously perform their territorial songs when there is no intruding rival. play 1. a dramatic composition written for performance by actors on a stage, on television, etc.; drama 2. a. the performance of a dramatic composition b. (in combination): playreader
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For a growing segment of GLBT bears and bulls, the cost of investing in a company they oppose for political or religious reasons isn't worth the benefits of playing the market. But that was two years ago, and ever since, Chris has been busy playing the market. The extent to which both government and investors had to be adept at playing the market returns us to the question of cui bono, or how to explain Florentine citizens' interest in investing their wealth in the Dowry Fund (as Molho put it more directly several years ago in "L'amministrazione del debito pubblico," I ceti dirigenti nella Toscana del Quattrocento, Florence, 1987, 201). |
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