Word: monkeyed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Montana in midocean, "while ten yaks and a big brown bear screeched in frantic chorus," Hans Fimm, one-legged animal trainer, fought several hours with six monkeys escaped from their cages. Fimm was badly bitten "from neck to heel." One monkey was killed, the rest captured...
...Mineola, N. Y., at a "freak animal show," Jack Johnson, "monkey-faced mule," kicked Rosie, cow, in the throat. Rosie was a freak because her heart was located in her throat, its pulsations plainly visible. Kicked in the heart, she died...
Governor Morrison: "I do not believe that man, God's highest creation, is descended from a monkey. I will not consent that any such doctrine, or any intimation of such a doctrine shall be taught in our public schools...
...almost continuous monologue, addressing little speeches to them between his numbers and commenting on his performance as he went along. He registered comic despair when he found difficulty in adjusting the piano stool to his satisfaction, gestured elaborately between phrases, grimaced, scowled melodramatically and indulged in various other monkey shines...
...monkey only cost $35, the owners hurried to the Cambridge police station to protest against the illegal rent. A policeman accompanied the plaintiffs to the boarding house and after examining the evidence fixed the damages at $10. Reluctantly she announced that they could phone later and she would consult her husband, but on Sunday Central said that the number had been disconnected. Yesterday, however, Mrs. Buralk telephoned the owners and admitted that she will have to give in. The house was in a mess and Kinney had devoured "The Book of Knowledge...