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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…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…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…The Old Man and His Grandson
The Old Man and His Grandson There was once a very old man, whose eyes had become dim, his ears dull of hearing, his knees trembled, and when he sat at table he could hardly hold the spoon,…Edwin Markham: The Man with the Hoe
The Man with the Hoe(Written after seeing Millet's world-famous painting)Edwin MarkhamBowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in…Aesop's Fables: The Man and the Image
by Aesop The Ox and the FrogHercules and the WaggonerThe Man and the Image A poor Man had a wooden Image of a god, to which he used to pray daily for riches. He did this for a long time,…Trending
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