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  • adjective Between villages.

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Examples

  • Indeed, the attack against him may have been motivated by intervillage rivalries.

    How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

  • But, as in southwestern Taiwan, missionaries had to be wary of intervillage rivalries.

    How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

  • We will explore the martial culture of the aborigines, who were headhunters engaging in frequent intervillage wars.

    How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

  • The separation and military training of males was bolstered by another general feature of Formosan Austronesian culture: a culture of intervillage warfare.

    How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

  • But if those fortunate children moved to another village that had no one with a C gene, then the children of the intervillage marriage would necessarily have only a single C gene, and so lose almost all the protection from malaria their parent had.15 So to prosper, the children had to stay close to home and preferably marry close relatives.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • But if those fortunate children moved to another village that had no one with a C gene, then the children of the intervillage marriage would necessarily have only a single C gene, and so lose almost all the protection from malaria their parent had.15 So to prosper, the children had to stay close to home and preferably marry close relatives.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • Consider the MIT Media Lab project to install Wi-Fi base stations on intervillage buses in India: when the vehicles stop to pick up passengers, computer users within range can use the signal to download files or send e-mail.

    Something in the Air 2007

  • Malpighi, Marcello mammals evolution of marsupial placental species of marriage intervillage

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • Consider the MIT project to install Wi-Fi base stations on intervillage buses in India -- when the vehicles stop to pick up passengers, computer users within range can use the signal to download files or send e-mail.

    CUTTING LOOSE 2007

  • Malpighi, Marcello mammals evolution of marsupial placental species of marriage intervillage

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

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