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  • A dog's sense of smell is up to 1 million times better than a human being's according to ABC News.

    Dog Sniffs Out Cancer The Huffington Post 2011

  • Caring for others and being cared for is a part of every human being's life.

    Kristin Maschka: The 'I Have to do it all Myself' Trap Kristin Maschka 2011

  • Chemicals have effects and they can alter a human being's experience of life.

    Eric Maisel, Ph.D.: Does Depression Exist? Ph.D. Eric Maisel 2012

  • A dog's sense of smell is up to 1 million times better than a human being's according to ABC News.

    Dog Sniffs Out Cancer The Huffington Post 2011

  • Chemicals have effects and they can alter a human being's experience of life.

    Eric Maisel, Ph.D.: Does Depression Exist? Ph.D. Eric Maisel 2012

  • Betting the knight, his money on the armor, the intricate chain mail like wire net or metal scrim, being's effulgent Maginot line, his stake on the weighted mace and plate mittens, on the hinged couters and poleyns, on vambrace and cuisee and greave, banging the breast-plate and all the jewelry of battle for timbre and pitch like a jerk slamming doors and kicking tires in a used car lot.

    Style in Fiction 2009

  • Mr. Dunbar's eponymous number is 147.8, plus or minus a lot, and it is the size of the average human being's social network of friends, as predicted by the size of the average human brain.

    How Many Friends Can Your Brain Hold? Matt Ridley 2011

  • This isn't just the story of one woman's search for relevance or power in a man's world; it's the story of one human being's search for meaning, one soul's search for redemption.

    A Marriage of Heaven and Hollywood Michael Judge 2011

  • One can always count on Elkin to take figurative language to comedic excess ( "being's effulgent Maginot Line"), demonstrating both his own mastery of the technique and his inability to employ it with a straight face.

    Style in Fiction 2009

  • A dog's sense of smell is up to 1 million times better than a human being's according to ABC News.

    Dog Sniffs Out Cancer The Huffington Post 2011

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