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... females prefer meat , despite the nursery rhyme describing what little girls are made of . Do not allow the fact of the female's diet being in a state of decay trouble you . If you enjoy Camembert or Limburger cheese , or hung venison ...
... females prefer meat , despite the nursery rhyme describing what little girls are made of . Do not allow the fact of the female's diet being in a state of decay trouble you . If you enjoy Camembert or Limburger cheese , or hung venison ...
Page 69
... females , on the other hand , prefer protein to sugar during the first six or eight days of life ; thereafter , they , too , prefer sugar . A series of simple dissections will reveal that it is during the first week of life that a female ...
... females , on the other hand , prefer protein to sugar during the first six or eight days of life ; thereafter , they , too , prefer sugar . A series of simple dissections will reveal that it is during the first week of life that a female ...
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... female perfume . Later workers have calculated that the odor is so dilute , about one molecule per cubic foot of air , that orientation based on a comparison of odor inten- sities is impossible . Some popular writers striving for sensa ...
... female perfume . Later workers have calculated that the odor is so dilute , about one molecule per cubic foot of air , that orientation based on a comparison of odor inten- sities is impossible . Some popular writers striving for sensa ...
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