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Waal

[vahl]

noun

  1. a river in the central Netherlands, flowing W to the Meuse River: the center branch of the lower Rhine. 52 miles (84 km) long.



Waal

/ waːl /

noun

  1. a river in the central Netherlands: the S branch of the Lower Rhine. Length: 84 km (52 miles)

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Alex de Waal, an expert in famine and aid supply in war at Tufts University in Massachusetts, likens the concept currently being rolled out in Gaza to colonial-era counter-insurgency attempts.

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Author Kit de Waal, chair of judges for the fiction award, described The Safekeep as a "classic in the making" which would be "loved and appreciated for generations to come".

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In 1979, an important study by Frans de Waal demonstrated how using science to test for a human hunch could help further our understanding of animal behavior.

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To test what was going on in these interactions, Waal compared how body language changed between pairs of chimpanzees who had recently fought and others who had not.

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In 2014, Waal said his career was largely dedicated to unwinding human exceptionalism, or the view that we are somehow different than other animals.

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