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The fossil record can only say so much about how animals behaved when they were alive.

“François Hollande never said a word out of line to me or behaved inappropriately with me—unlike many a politician,” she writes.

There were exceptions, as our instructor, Kimberlee Sue Moran, pointed out, but criminals behaved in mostly predictable ways.

We were very happy when ISIS took over the area and drove the Iraq Army out and at first they behaved very well.

On the other hand, there is, in fact, a glut of perfectly healthy and well-behaved dogs and cats that need homes.

Their challenge is to find purpose and a voice, beyond being the well-behaved baubles expected of them.

Unfortunately, as you say, I was present, and I tell you that our friend Barbiche behaved like a lunatic.

But there's no denying that I behaved disgracefully to—you know—and Dr. Ashton has good reason to be incensed.

With this decision Tom took up his lessons, and had never been more studious and well behaved than he was that day.

We gave him luscious twigs if he behaved well and sometimes delicious fruit.

In no similar establishment did I ever see so much order, or find the natives so well-behaved as here.