Therefore, a begging nestling that secures food at the expense of its siblings might actually leave behind fewer copies of its genes overall than it might otherwise.
"I have been well paid for my horse," said he to himself when he reached home, entered his own room, and emptied all his money into a heap on the floor.
Sometimes the cost of poor communication is immediate, and sometimes it takes a bit longer for the negative consequences of unmindful communication habits to become evident.
Every parent wants his or her children to be wise in handling money. As in other areas of life, we hope to equip them so they won't repeat the costly mistakes we may have made in years gone by.
It's a place where you can see the cost of the struggle, like the Ottoman-era buildings with their roofs blown off and sea walls raked by machine-gun fire.
That's not unrelated to the impressive publication counts: When institutional pressures reward publication at all costs, the result is both high quantity and low quality.
It was hoped the diamond would fetch $20 million but it was withdrawn from sale when bidding failed the sellers reserve price (which actually was $20 million).