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...then they steal the center of attention completely, and Woyzeck becomes a story told entirely in light, without words, an aural equivalent of the children's show Laserium. Words here do not tell, they sigh and flicker: and the ancestry they bring out in us is less monkey than moth...
Vellucci called the Linnaean St. case "a monkey on our back" and said that despite his request for a moratorium on condo discussions, "We're trying...
...Astrochimps, Enos passed the remainder of his Government service in relative obscurity. During celebrations in Washington marking the 20th anniversary of Glenn's historic spaceflight, the Democratic Senator from Ohio was given a surprise party. Enos couldn't make it, but a standin, dressed in a monkey suit, did, saluting Glenn and Wife Anna with four stanzas of doggerel, sung to the tune of When Johnny Comes Marching Home. A sampling: "Our pay was just the fruit we ate/ Hoorah, Hoorah/ But Johnny earned a lifelong fame/ Hoorah, Hoorah/ I hope that when he's President, chimps...
...lost cultures and found treasures. President James Buchanan's saddle is over in the corner, next to a statue of a samurai warrior. Meditating Buddhas sit on top of cabinets filled with spears and mandolins. Wilcox opens a drawer full of shrunken heads, some human, some sloth, some monkey. He holds up an apple-size human specimen and strokes the long black hair. "See how soft the hair is?" he marvels. "They removed the skull and then they shrank the head slowly, using smoke and heat, all the while pouring in hot sand to keep the shape...
...psychologically the home court may be a monkey on the host's back. For one, everyone on campus knows you've got the advantage. Your friends know and expect you to win. Your opponent knows and plays with reckless abandon. The door into a squash court may be small and camouflaged, but it's not like you can put on the other team's colors and sneak your familiarity with the courts in through it. There's a lot of pressure playing at home and it makes risks--you've got to take risks to win in squash--more dangerous...