Word: monkeyism
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Still, the monkey-like creature was our ancestor
They were hardly prepossessing. Their small heads, sinewy limbs and long tails gave them the look of a lowly monkey. Largely tree dwellers, they scampered from branch to branch on all fours. Though they were not very formidable-males weighed no more than 5½ kg (12 lbs.), females about 80% of that-they could take on a ferocious appearance. Whenever the males competed with one another for females or were threatened, they would bare their fanglike canines. Comments Duke University Paleontologist Elwyn Simons: "A nasty little thing...
...especially for armor. And there would not be any beatniks raising hell with Washington. Resupply would be difficult, but of course we could do it with the petroleum from Iran. Might as well take them over while we are at it and just say to the Russians, 'No monkey business, you understand...
...also one of the few genuine art world stars: the gaunt face, the felt hat that never comes off in public and the fishing jacket make up a uniform as immediately recognizable to his fans as Al Capone's fedora or Picasso's monkey mask. He even has a retinue of attendants, attired in cute red jumpsuits. For some years he has been one of the chief culture heroes in Germany, particularly in Düsseldorf, where he lives, teaches and, by way of extension of his social theories, sponsors an institute called the Free International University, supporting...
...Want No Freaks or the sly ironies of The Disco Strangler (a collaboration with String Player Don Felder) and King of Hollywood, in which a hard-hustling mogul is nailed neatly in two fleet lines: "He's just another power junky/ Just another silk-scarf monkey...