The first chapter deals with the study of man-made law.

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Limned with equal sensitivity are two chalk drawings by Paolo Veronese, "Study of a Black Youth Eating" (c. 1580) and "Study of the Head of a Black Man" (c.1573).

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One test during the study involved analysis of the man's faeces and this revealed the presence of polio.

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The proper study of mankind was indeed man: not in his politicking, warring or banking, but naked, painting his body, hunting bears, snaring birds.

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For the past five years the University of Minnesota has been furiously trying to beat back the negative publicity generated by the violent suicide of a young man named Dan Markingson enrolled in an AstraZeneca-funded research study.

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Among the other DGA winners were Searching for Sugar Man director Malik Bendjelloul, who won the guild's documentary award for his study of the obscure singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriquez.

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Of 43 heterosexual couples in the study, those who reported the most conflict were a healthy-weight man and an overweight woman.

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"Identifying the voice of Alexander Graham Bell, the man who brought us everyone else's voice, is a major moment in the study of history, " said museum director John Gray.

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He added that the Martin family were proud and honoured when their brother Eamon entered Maynooth as a young man to study for the priesthood and were even prouder when he was ordained at the age of 26.

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To test out reaction, I take a copy of the book to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish study centre, where I meet a 22-year-old man in signature black hat and beard.

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