Word: aping
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Knott said students can help preserve habitats for orangutans by supporting the U.S. Great Ape Conservation Act fund, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other conservation agencies fighting to preserve habitats for endangered species...
...drama, Carnivale, the first thing we see is ... a dwarf. Samson (Michael J. Anderson, of Lynch's Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive), the manager of a traveling carnival plying the Dust Bowl in 1934, sets the scene: ever since God gave dominion over the world to "the crafty ape he called man," good and evil have clashed in secret, magical combat. "To each generation," he intones, "was born a creature of light and a creature of darkness." Now the goodies and baddies are preparing for a final battle. In one efficient monologue Anderson sets up the show's mythology...
...high sales figures of acts such as tenor Russell "The Voice" Watson and teen soprano Charlotte Church, now place their bets on musicians with broad commercial potential - the chance to earn big numbers swiftly. So they throw seven-figure contracts and vast marketing budgets at those who can best ape the pop stars. What they forget, of course, is that serious, carefully nurtured and developed classical stars may not yield immediate pop-size receipts, but can have an international shelf life of decades. Richard Lyttleton, president of classics and jazz for EMI International, points to the example of superstar conductor...
...YORKâAn ape of a man with slick black hair and a purple shirt jumps up next to a gun-slinging bandit, the two of them swinging red plastic mallets at young men and women who scatter frantically...