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Robert Wright replies: Anyone who doubts that male chimpanzees spend lots of time fighting over females should read Frans de Waal's book Chimpanzee Politics . Though the chimp colony de Waal studied was not in a purely natural setting, as were the chimps at Gombe studied by Jane Goodall, de Waal, for that very reason, got a clearer look at daily life within a colony than Goodall did.
Were Alexis de Tocqueville to return to the late 20 th century United States for another visit, he would be just as worried about these national trends as about possible declines in purely local or small-group associationalism.
It can refer to a purely physical arousal, or to a heartfelt experience of love.
His broad smile, neither purely romantic nor wholly cynical, tells the story: This is a man who breaks the rules and is attractive, wealthy, and smart enough to get away with it.
In the purely visual sphere, style has been a national preoccupation from the Renaissance masters such as Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci to the grandiose cinematographic fantasies of Fellini and Visconti in the modern era.