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Monkey Business <span class="date" >(1931)</span>
Director: Norman Z. MacLeodCast: Marx Brothers and Thelma Todd The first Marx Brothers vehicle written for the movies (co-scripted by S.J. Perelman) features the boys on a luxury liner. In…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Patriot and the Banker
The Self-Made Monkey The Mourning Brothers The Patriot and the Banker A PATRIOT who had taken office poor and retired rich was introduced at a bank where he desired to open an account…marmoset
(Encyclopedia) marmosetmarmosetmärˈməzĕtˌ [key], name for many of the small, squirrellike New World monkeys of the family Callithricidae. Members of this family are all found in tropical South…China's Spacecraft Progress
China launched its first unstaffed spacecraft from the Jiuquan Space Center in Gansu province on Nov. 19, 1999. The space capsule, named Shenzhou (“Divine Ship”), made 14 orbits of Earth in…Cro-Magnon man
(Encyclopedia) Cro-Magnon manCro-Magnon mankrō-măgˈnən, –mănˈyən [key], an early Homo sapiens (the species to which modern humans belong) that lived about 40,000 years ago. Skeletal remains and…Man, Isle of
(Encyclopedia) Man, Isle of, island and dependency of the British crown (2015 est. pop. 83,000), 227 sq mi (588 sq km), off Great Britain, in the Irish Sea. The coast is rocky with precipitous cliffs…Man Booker Prize
(Encyclopedia) Man Booker Prize, see Booker Prize.Man Booker Prize
(Encyclopedia) Man Booker Prize and Man Booker International Prize: see Booker Prize.man-made elements
(Encyclopedia) man-made elements: see synthetic elements.Man o' War
(Encyclopedia) Man o' War, 1917–47, American racehorse, by Fair Play out of Mahubah, bred by August Belmont near Lexington, Ky., and owned by Samuel D. Riddle after 1918. A large reddish-colored colt…