Word: monkeyed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...color was celadon, a haunting shade of pale green applied in rich, oily glazes. Breaking from the self-conscious traditions of the Chinese, the Korean potters indulged their own romantic sensibilities, producing elegant, elongated vessels. Some bloomed into flowers and animals-a water dropper took the form of a monkey; a tea dish the shape of a water lily...
Both creatures appear to have weighed roughly 30 Ibs. and somewhat resembled a rhesus monkey in body form and size. Their diet was probably fruits and other vegetation. As Savage says: "They were a sort of monkey with apelike teeth, bouncing through the trees." They could thus emerge as an earlier common ancestor than Aegyptopithecus of both apes and monkeys, and as a link back to such lower primates as lemurs and tarsiers. That might put them very near the start of anthropoid evolution; Ciochon speculates that they may have migrated into Africa via western Asia to evolve into later...
...ragged edges of free enterprise; the inevitable scholars, priests and primitive-art collectors; old servants who have made parasitism an honorable profession; and promising young men who will go directly from dugout to jet. The economy of the town remains fairly simple. Villagers from the bush sell smoked monkey meat to steamer passengers. The money is used to buy pots, cloth and razor blades from the shops in town. The shopowners can then eat Bigburgers...
...critic, in prime-time programming. Naturally enough, Silverman has devoted almost all his attention to programming. Says an NBC executive: "Fred is like an eager little boy with a highly developed feeling and sense of how to fix programs, and he couldn't care less about all this monkey business about corporate skill and management...
...emerged once again as a strong number two man behind Brown. "Basically, I was using my head a lot better out there and pacing myself because I had gone two innings in the first game. When you're up a few runs, you don't monkey around against hitters like these. You just put it hard over the plate," he said afterwards...