They are the culmination of years of studious review of human nature spurred by the need to provide freedom to a stained world and at the same time maintain order.

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Mr. Holmes found a crew of studious students living on his hall that appeared a good fit for him his freshman year of college in the honors dorm Pentland Hills at UC Riverside, one hall mate recalled.

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The other girls Dakota, Chippewa, or mixed-blood like me were less obvious on campus, and mainly very studious, although a couple of women swaggered around, furious in ribbon shirts, with American Indian Movement boyfriends.

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By Masai standards, Mr Kinyago's is a studious family: only 35% of the children of Kenyan pastoralists attend classes.

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Some speculate that he plans to hand the reins of power one day to his studious, British-educated son, Hun Manet.

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By the sixth form, he had gone from a quiet studious boy to a popular outgoing young man, known among friends as the life and soul of a party.

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