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Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Self-Made Monkey
174 176 The Self-Made Monkey A MAN of humble birth and no breading, who held a high political office, was passing through a forest, when he met a Monkey. "I take it you are one of my…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Self-Made Monkey
A Flourishing Industry The Patriot and the Banker The Self-Made Monkey A MAN of humble birth and no breading, who held a high political office, was passing through a forest, when he…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…Salk, Jonas Edward
(Encyclopedia) Salk, Jonas Edward, 1914–95, American physician and microbiologist, b. New York City, B.S. College of the City of New York, 1934, M.D. New York Univ. College of Medicine, 1939. He did…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…skink
(Encyclopedia) skink, a lizard of the family Scincidae, a large, diverse group found in a range of environments in temperate and tropical regions throughout most of the world. Skinks are generally…American Civil Liberties Union
(Encyclopedia) American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. Founded (1920) by such…Levi, Primo
(Encyclopedia) Levi, PrimoLevi, Primoprēˈmō lāˈvē [key], 1919–87, Italian writer. A chemist of Jewish descent, Levi was sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz during World War II. His first…conifer
(Encyclopedia) coniferconiferkŏnˈĭfûr [key] [Lat.,=cone-bearing], tree or shrub of the order Coniferales, e.g., the pine, monkey-puzzle tree, cypress, and sequoia. Most conifers bear cones and most…mandrill
(Encyclopedia) mandrill, large monkey, Mandrillus sphinx, of central W Africa, related to the baboons. Mandrills are found in forests, while baboons live in open country. The fur of the mandrill is…Trending
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