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Man Booker Prize

(Encyclopedia) Man Booker Prize and Man Booker International Prize: see Booker Prize.

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…

man-o'-war bird

(Encyclopedia) man-o'-war bird or frigate-bird, most aerial of the water birds, found in the tropic seas. The man-o'-war bird's wingspread (71&fslsh;2 ft/228.5 cm) is the largest in proportion to…

Worst U.S. Man-Made Disasters

In Jan. 2016, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of emergency for Genesee County and apologized for the water crisis in Flint. In an interview with the National…

Writing Well: Term Paper #2

Term Paper #2Writing WellSample Term PapersTerm Paper #2Term Paper #3 The Effects of Calorie Restriction on Aging by Jessica Swantek Introduction For ages, humans have been searching for ways to…

macaque

(Encyclopedia) macaquemacaqueməkäkˈ [key], name for Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca, related to mangabeys, mandrills, and baboons. All but one of the 19 species are found in Asia from…

Marx Brothers

(Encyclopedia) Marx Brothers, team of American movie comedians. The members were Julius (1890?–1977), known as Groucho; Arthur (1888?–1964), originally Adolph and known as Harpo; Leonard (1887?–1961…