He had turned to retrace his steps when, through the foliage of a bower of jasmine, he thought he could distinguish a white dress.
The eating-room, which comes next, is decorated so as to represent a verdant bower, the paintings are under mirrors, and tin-plate, cut out in the Chinese manner, seems to shew light through the foliage.
The fair olive tree and the dark cypress mingle their foliage with the luxuriant chestnut boughs, and the frequent marble villa flashes a white gleam from amid its surrounding laurel bowers.
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But the central question surroundingbowerbirds was the purpose of the bowers.
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On the ground outside thebowerare two juvenile males.
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Other beings lurk in bowers and infest pregnant women to feed on their fetuses.
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For example, instinct tells thebowerbird that he may appropriate anything within his range as elements with which to decorate the instrument he constructs to attract a mate.
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Boweret al. (2003) report a systematic review and meta-analysis of counselling in primary care.
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Bowertook the maid to a room where the witch was held, by then crowded with spectators.
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Bowerbirds construct and decorate bowers with shells, pebbles and feathers by imitating each other.
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Boweret al. (2003) found evidence for modest benefits from counselling in primary care (effect sizes of <0.3 are generally regarded as weak).
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Boweret al. (pp. 203-215) report a meta-analysis of controlled trials of counselling.
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Boweret al. find evidence of improvement in short-term outcome compared to usual general practice care, but with a modest effect not apparent in the longer term.
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Why did it anticipate and assume that it had bowers to go ahead when it did not?
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But who is to have thisbower?
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Similar to other malebowerbirds, he will attempt to attract females by displaying colourful fruits, flowers and leaves in his beak.
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The dealer must not discard any aces or the left or rightbower.
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The right and leftbowerare worth 12 card-points each.
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