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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 play [plā] (mechanical engineering) Free or unimpeded motion of an object, such as the motion between poorly fitted or worn parts of a mechanism.
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| for more than three decades, usually playing by the rules of decorum dictated by the political and media classes, first as a young congressional aide, later as a national party committee and presidential campaign operative, and now as an aging educator of journalism students who want to spend their careers interpreting politics. Cellini, who has himself been general counsel at two companies, says the fact that some general counsels have been fired or forced to resign in the wake of the backdating scandals signifies that "they were not playing by the rules. Playing by the Rules by Elaine Meryl Brown One World/Ballantine Books, June 2006 $13. |
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