Pompey the Great: Reorganization of the East: …when in Rome another tribune, Gaius Manilius, carried through, against weakened opposition, a bill appointing Pompey to the command against Mithradates, with full powers to make war and peace and to organize the whole Roman East (66). Pompey displaced Lucullus and lost no time defeating Mithradates in Asia Minor. After…

Marcus Manilius was the last of the Roman didactic poets. Little of his life is known. He was the author of Astronomica, an unfinished poem on astronomy and astrology probably written between the years ad 14 and 27. Following the style and philosophy of Lucretius, Virgil, and Ovid, Manilius

Rainforest Regeneration in Panama: …are tree species such as Manilkara, almendro, and the suicide tree, characterized by slower growth and lower light requirements, with the capacity for extended persistence under low light conditions. Such trees tend toward high wood densities, relatively delayed attainment of reproductive status, and larger, often animal-dispersed seeds. They also have…

balata: …juice produced principally by the bully tree (species Manilkara bidentata) of Guyana and the West Indies. The tree is tapped by cutting zigzag gashes in the bark and collecting the latex in cups, to be coagulated in trays. Like gutta-percha, balata is inelastic, tough, leathery, and water-resistant, and it softens…

sapodilla, (Manilkara zapota), tropical evergreen tree (family Sapotaceae) and its distinctive fruit, native to southern Mexico, Central America, and parts of the Caribbean. Though of no great commercial importance in any part of the world, the sapodilla is much appreciated in many tropical and

Veijo Meri: In Manillaköysi (1957; The Manila Rope), the main character deserts, taking with him a rope for which he is willing to risk his life, though he has no use for the rope. His journey home is interspersed with absurd stories from the war. Vuoden 1918 taphatumat (1960; “Incidents…

Barry Manilow is an American pop singer and songwriter who specialized in elaborately orchestrated romantic ballads, which first won him a wide audience in the 1970s. Barry Pincus grew up in a lower-class neighbourhood in Brooklyn. When he was two years old, his father left the family, and several

South Asian arts: Epics: Maṇimēkalai (the heroine’s name, “Girdle of Gems”), the second, “twin,” epic (the last part of which is missing), by Cātaṉār, continues the story of the Cilappatikāram; the heroine is Mātavi’s daughter, MaîimKkalai, a dancer and courtesan like her mother. Maṇimēkalai is torn between her passion…

Daniele Manin was the leader of the Risorgimento in Venice. The son of a converted Jewish lawyer (who had taken his sponsors’ historic name at baptism), Manin studied law at Padua, graduating at age 17. Early in his practice, he showed little interest in politics and disapproved of the

Venice: End of the Venetian republic: …Venice without an ally, and Ludovico Manin, the last doge, was deposed on May 12, 1797. A provisional democratic municipality was set up in place of the republican government, but later in the same year Venice was handed over to Austria.

Frederick Maning was a New Zealand author and judge, who was known for his histories of the British colony in New Zealand and for his service as a judge (1865–76) in land disputes, the key issue dividing settlers and the native Maoris. The Maning family immigrated to Van Diemen’s Land (now

Frederick Maning was a New Zealand author and judge, who was known for his histories of the British colony in New Zealand and for his service as a judge (1865–76) in land disputes, the key issue dividing settlers and the native Maoris. The Maning family immigrated to Van Diemen’s Land (now

Francisco de Paula Marín was a horticultural experimenter who introduced numerous plant species to the Hawaiian Islands. Marín acquired his horticultural knowledge as a youth working in the Andalusian vineyards of Spain. He was taken to California and then to the Hawaiian Islands, then known as the

Malinke, a West African people occupying parts of Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. They speak a Mandekan language of the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family. The Malinke are divided into numerous independent groups dominated by a hereditary nobility, a feature

Guinea: Ethnic groups and languages: …while in Upper Guinea the Malinke (Maninkakan) language is the most widespread. The Forest Region contains the linguistic areas, from east to west, of Kpelle (Guerzé), Loma (Toma), and Kisi.

yellowwood: andinus) and willowleaf podocarpus, or mañío (P. salignus), of the Chilean Andes; and the yacca (P. coriaceus) of the West Indies.

cassava, (Manihot esculenta), tuberous edible plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) from the American tropics. It is cultivated throughout the tropical world for its tuberous roots, from which cassava flour, breads, tapioca, a laundry starch, and an alcoholic beverage are derived. Cassava

tapioca: Granulated tapioca, marketed in various-sized grains and sometimes called “manioca,” is produced by grinding flake tapioca. When cooked, tapioca swells into a pale, translucent jelly.

Máni: …is the home of the Maniotes, an ancient people who are believed to be descended from Laconian refugees of the early Roman period. Formerly the area was known as Maina Polypyrgos (“Many-Towered Maina”), from the defensive structures built by its fierce inhabitants, who lived by raiding coastal shipping. Ruins in…

maniple, in early Christianity, narrow silk band worn over the left forearm, with ends hanging down on each side, and formerly used by clergy when celebrating or assisting at mass. It was about two to four inches wide and three to five feet long. Sometimes heavily embroidered, it was the same

legion: …and supple infantry units called maniples. Each maniple numbered 120 men in 12 files and 10 ranks. Maniples drew up for battle in three lines, each line made up of 10 maniples and the whole arranged in a checkerboard pattern. Separating each unit was an interval equivalent to a maniple’s…

South Asian arts: Period of the Tamil Cōḷa Empire (10th–13th century): …in a literary dialect called maṇipravāḷa (meaning “necklace of diamonds and coral”). The author of the Līlātilakam, a 14th-century treatise on grammar and poetics, describes both the Tamilizing and Sanskritizing trends and genres and insists on harmonious blendings. Many kinds of poems were composed in maṇipravāḷa styles: kūḍyāṭṭams (dramatic presentations…

automation: The robot manipulator: The most widely accepted definition of an industrial robot is one developed by the Robotic Industries Association:

dictionary: From Classical times to 1604: …Levens, was produced in 1570—Manipulus Vocabulorum. A Dictionary of English and Latin Words, Set Forth in Such Order, as None Heretofore Hath Been.

Manipur, state of India, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Assam to the west, and Mizoram to the southwest and by Myanmar (Burma) to the south and east. Like other northeastern states, it is largely isolated from the rest

Manipur: Relief and drainage: …is the source of the Manipur River. The river flows southward through the valley into Myanmar, where it joins the Myittha River, a tributary of the Chindwin.

India: Associated ranges and hills: …reedy Loktak Lake, in the Manipur River valley, is an important feature. Branching off from those hills to the northwest are the Mikir Hills, and to the west are the Jaintia, Khasi, and Garo hills, which run just north of India’s border with Bangladesh. Collectively, the latter group is also…

Meitei, dominant population of Manipur, in northeastern India, concentrated mostly around the Imphal valley. Besides Manipur and other northeastern states, Meiteis have also settled in Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh. More than 80 percent of present-day Meiteis are followers of Vaishnavism, a form

manipuri, one of the six classical dance styles of India, the others being bharata natyam, kathak, kathakali, kuchipudi, and odissi. It is indigenous to Manipur and is characterized by a variety of forms that are linked to folk tradition and ritual. Themes are generally taken from episodes in the

Manipuri language, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken predominantly in Manipur, a northeastern state of India. Smaller speech communities exist in the Indian states of Assam, Mizoram, and Tripura, as well as in Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma). There are approximately 1.5 million speakers of Manipuri,

dinosaur: Tetanurae: The maniraptorans comprise birds, dromaeosaurs, and troodontids. Dromaeosaurs were medium-size predators with long, grasping arms and hands, moderately long legs, and a specialized stiffened tail that could be used for active balance control. Their feet bore large talons on one toe that were evidently used for…

Máni, peninsula of the southern Peloponnese (Modern Greek: Pelopónnisos), in the nomós (department) of Laconia (Lakonía), Greece. The area has been set aside as a historical district by the government. The rugged, rather isolated peninsula, 28 miles (45 km) long, is an extension of the Taïyetos

pangolin: …species as vulnerable, two species—the Indian pangolin (M. crassicaudata) and the Philippine pangolin (M. culionensis)—as endangered, and two species—the Sunda, or Malayan, pangolin (M. javanica) and the Chinese pangolin—as critically endangered. So dire was the persecution of this group of animals that delegates at the 17th

pangolin: crassicaudata) and the Philippine pangolin (M. culionensis)—as endangered, and two species—the Sunda, or Malayan, pangolin (M. javanica) and the Chinese pangolin—as critically endangered. So dire was the persecution of this group of animals that delegates at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention…

pangolin: …arboreal; others, such as the giant ground pangolin (M. gigantea, also classified as Smutsia gigantea) of Africa, are terrestrial. All are nocturnal and able to swim a little. Terrestrial forms live in burrows. Pangolins feed mainly on termites but also eat ants and other insects. They locate prey by smell…

pangolin: culionensis)—as endangered, and two species—the Sunda, or Malayan, pangolin (M. javanica) and the Chinese pangolin—as critically endangered. So dire was the persecution of this group of animals that delegates at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of…

pangolin: Some pangolins, such as the African black-bellied pangolin (Manis longicaudata, also classified as Phataginus tetradactyla) and the Chinese pangolin (M. pentadactyla), are almost entirely arboreal; others, such as the giant ground pangolin (M. gigantea, also classified as Smutsia gigantea) of Africa, are terrestrial. All are nocturnal and able to swim…

pangolin: …as Phataginus tetradactyla) and the Chinese pangolin (M. pentadactyla), are almost entirely arboreal; others, such as the giant ground pangolin (M. gigantea, also classified as Smutsia gigantea) of Africa, are terrestrial. All are nocturnal and able to swim a little. Terrestrial forms live in burrows. Pangolins feed mainly on termites…

pangolin: Some pangolins, such as the African black-bellied pangolin (Manis longicaudata, also classified as Phataginus tetradactyla) and the Chinese pangolin (M. pentadactyla), are almost entirely arboreal; others, such as the giant ground pangolin (M. gigantea, also classified as Smutsia gigantea) of Africa, are terrestrial. All are nocturnal and able to swim…

Manisa, city, western Turkey. It lies in the valley of the Gediz River (ancient Hermus River), below Mount Sipylus (Manisa Dağı), 20 miles (32 km) northeast of İzmir. It was called Magnesia ad Sipylum in ancient times, and the Magnetes of Thessaly are thought to have been its first inhabitants, in

Charlie Sheen: Starring roles on TV: Spin City, Two and a Half Men, and Anger Management: …Lorre’s show Bookie, starring comedian Sebastian Maniscalco.

Manises ware, in ceramics, a style that evolved at Manises, Spain, in the 14th and 15th centuries. It combined Arabic and Christian Gothic influences, the former evident in rhythmic drawing, the latter in representing heraldic animals and foliage. The eagle of St. John and Spanish and Italian

Nineveh: History: …inscriptions that Sargon’s second son, Manishtusu, had built the temple of E-Mashmash at Nineveh by virtue of being the “son of Sargon”; thus, a model of the founder of the dynasty would have been appropriately placed there.

African religions: Ritual and religious specialists: Ancestors also serve as mediators by providing access to spiritual guidance and power. Death is not a sufficient condition for becoming an ancestor. Only those who lived a full measure of life, cultivated moral values, and achieved social distinction attain this status. Ancestors are thought…

Block Island, pear-shaped island coextensive with the town (township) of New Shoreham (inc. 1672), Washington county, southern Rhode Island, U.S., between Block Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. Lying about 9 miles (14 km) south of the mainland, it is about 6 miles (10 km) long and 3.5 miles

Manistee, city, seat (1855) of Manistee county, northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. The city is situated at the mouth of the Manistee River, between Lake Michigan and Manistee Lake, some 85 miles (140 km) north of Muskegon. Built on the river that the Ottawa Indians called Manistee

Manitoba, province of Canada, one of the Prairie Provinces, lying midway between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. The province is bounded to the north by Nunavut territory, to the northeast by Hudson Bay, to the east by Ontario, to the south by the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota, and

Canada: The first Riel rebellion: …of the small province of Manitoba, in which equal status was given to the English and French languages and an educational system was established like Quebec’s two systems of public confessional schools, Roman Catholic and Protestant. The implication was that the northwest was to be open to French institutions and…

Manitoba Cuesta, steep, east-facing escarpment in southeastern Manitoba, Canada. Rising 500–1,000 feet (150–300 metres) above the lowlands of southern Manitoba, the ridge extends for about 350 miles (560 km) from the Canada-U.S. boundary west of the Red River northwestward to the Carrot River, just

Winnipeg Free Press, daily newspaper published in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, whose outspoken independence and championship of public service and minority causes have made it known as “Canada’s Gadfly.” Established in 1872 by William F. Luxton and John A. Kenny as the Manitoba Free Press, the paper

Canada: The interior plains: In the southeast is the Manitoba lowland, where elevations are generally below 1,000 feet (300 metres). It is underlaid by lacustrine sediments of the glacial Lake Agassiz and is the flattest land in the interior plains. In addition to Lake Winnipeg, it includes Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipegosis. The fertile…

Canada: Reaction of Quebec: …what became known as the Manitoba Schools Question. The Liberal Party, under the French Canadian Wilfrid Laurier, came to power by virtue of a large majority in Quebec. Canada, it seemed, was not to be governed without the support of Quebec, even though the west retained only traces of French-speaking…

Canadian provincial flag consisting of a red field (background) with the Union Jack in the canton and the provincial coat of arms—a bison and a Cross of St. George—at the fly end; the flag may be described as a defaced Canadian Red Ensign.The coat of arms of Manitoba was established by royal

Lake Manitoba, narrow, irregularly shaped lake in south-central Manitoba, Canada, 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Winnipeg. Fed by many small streams and by Crane Narrows (the outlet from Lake Winnipegosis [north]), it is drained northeastward into Lake Winnipeg via Lake St. Martin and the Dauphin

University of Manitoba, Canadian public university in Winnipeg, founded in 1877. It has faculties of agricultural and food sciences, architecture, arts and sciences, education, engineering, law, graduate studies, management, medicine, human ecology, and social work, among other fields. Campus

manitou, among Algonquian-speaking peoples of North America, the spiritual power inherent in the world generally. Manitous are also believed to be present in natural phenomena (animals, plants, geographic features, weather); they are personified as spirit-beings that interact with humans and each

Manitoulin Islands: The Ontario island of Manitoulin, the largest freshwater island in the world, has a length of 100 miles (160 km) and an area of 1,068 square miles (2,766 square km). Of the many other islands in the group, the Michigan island of Drummond and the Ontario islands of St.…

Manitoulin Islands, archipelago of limestone-cored islands in northern Lake Huron, straddling the U.S.-Canadian border and forming one of the prominent features of the Niagara Escarpment. The Ontario island of Manitoulin, the largest freshwater island in the world, has a length of 100 miles (160

Manitowoc, city, seat (1853) of Manitowoc county, eastern Wisconsin, U.S. It lies on the western shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Manitowoc River. Manitowoc adjoins the city of Two Rivers (northeast) and is about 80 miles (130 km) north of Milwaukee and 40 miles (65 km) south of Green

Iuliu Maniu was a statesman who served as prime minister of Romania (1928–30, 1930, 1932–33) and as head of the National Peasant Party. Maniu was one of the most important Romanian political leaders of the period. Maniu, a native of Transylvania, was elected in 1906 to the Hungarian Parliament,

Manizales, capital of Caldas departamento, central Colombia, situated on a commanding ridge of the Andean Cordillera (mountains) Central, 6,975 feet (2,126 m) above sea level. Its gray cathedral is visible for miles in all directions. Founded in 1848 by colonists from Antioquia departamento, it is

Zanj rebellion: …the second Zanj city, al-Manīʿah (The Impregnable), was taken. The rebels were next expelled from Khuzistan, and, in the spring of 881, al-Muwaffaq laid siege to al-Mukhtārah from a special city built on the other side of the Tigris River. Two years later, in August 883, reinforced by Egyptian…

asphaltite: …three groups: Gilsonite (or uintaite), glance pitch (or manjak), and grahamite. These substances differ from one another basically in terms of specific gravity and temperature at which they soften. Gilsonite occurs chiefly along the Colorado–Utah border, U.S.; glance pitch on Barbados and in Colombia; and grahamite in Cuba and Mexico,…

Santhal, ethnic group of eastern India, numbering well over five million at the turn of the 21st century. Their greatest concentration is in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Orissa, in the eastern part of the country. Some 200,000 also live in Bangladesh and more than 10,000 in

Sikhism: Guru Amar Das: …throughout the Punjab, he established manjis (dioceses) to help spread the faith and better organize its adherents. Despite these changes, there was no weakening of the obligation to meditate on the nam.

Hokusai was a Japanese master artist and printmaker of the ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) school. His early works represent the full spectrum of ukiyo-e art, including single-sheet prints of landscapes and actors, hand paintings, and surimono (“printed things”), such as greetings and

Kathmandu, capital of Nepal. It lies in a hilly region near the confluence of the Baghmati and Vishnumati rivers, at an elevation of 4,344 feet (1,324 metres) above sea level. It was founded in 723 by Raja Gunakamadeva. Its early name was Manju-Patan; the present name refers to a wooden temple

Mañjuśrī, in Mahāyāna Buddhism, the bodhisattva (“Buddha-to-be”) personifying supreme wisdom. His name in Sanskrit means “gentle, or sweet, glory”; he is also known as Mãnjughoṣa (“Sweet Voice”) and Vāgīśvara (“Lord of Speech”). In China he is called Wen-shu Shih-li, in Japan Monju, and in Tibet

Mañjuśrī, in Mahāyāna Buddhism, the bodhisattva (“Buddha-to-be”) personifying supreme wisdom. His name in Sanskrit means “gentle, or sweet, glory”; he is also known as Mãnjughoṣa (“Sweet Voice”) and Vāgīśvara (“Lord of Speech”). In China he is called Wen-shu Shih-li, in Japan Monju, and in Tibet

Herman Mankiewicz: …dramatized in David Fincher’s film Mank (2020).

Mankato, city, seat of Blue Earth county, south-central Minnesota, U.S. It lies on the Minnesota River, opposite North Mankato, near the mouth of the Blue Earth River, in a farming and lake area, about 75 miles (120 km) southwest of Minneapolis. Part of the city extends across the Minnesota into

glacial stage: …or four substages, called the Mankato in North America and Würm IV in Europe, ended about 11,700 years ago, by which time the world’s glaciers had retreated to their present-day dimensions. See also Pleistocene Epoch.

Minnesota State University, Mankato, coeducational institution of higher learning in Mankato, south-central Minnesota, U.S. It is the most comprehensive of the seven universities in the Minnesota State University system. The Mankato campus was founded in 1868 as Mankato Normal School, the second

Minnesota State University, Mankato, coeducational institution of higher learning in Mankato, south-central Minnesota, U.S. It is the most comprehensive of the seven universities in the Minnesota State University system. The Mankato campus was founded in 1868 as Mankato Normal School, the second

Henning Mankell was a Swedish novelist and playwright best known for his crime writing, especially for a series of novels featuring Kurt Wallander, the chief inspector of Ystad Police Department. Set mostly in what he depicted as a particularly bleak region of Sweden, Mankell’s crime stories have a

Herman Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter, journalist, playwright, and wit, notable as a member of the Algonquin Round Table and as the coauthor of the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Mankiewicz was the son of German immigrants. He grew up in Pennsylvania, where his father edited a

Joseph L. Mankiewicz was an American producer, director, and screenwriter known for his witty, literary, urbane dialogue and memorable characters. He worked with many of Hollywood’s major stars and earned the reputation of being a talented actor’s director, guiding such performers as Bette Davis,

Joseph L. Mankiewicz was an American producer, director, and screenwriter known for his witty, literary, urbane dialogue and memorable characters. He worked with many of Hollywood’s major stars and earned the reputation of being a talented actor’s director, guiding such performers as Bette Davis,

Wilma Mankiller was a Native American leader and activist, the first woman chief of a major tribe. Mankiller was of Cherokee, Dutch, and Irish descent; the name Mankiller derives from the high military rank achieved by a Cherokee ancestor. She grew up on Mankiller Flats, the farm granted to her

Wilma Mankiller was a Native American leader and activist, the first woman chief of a major tribe. Mankiller was of Cherokee, Dutch, and Irish descent; the name Mankiller derives from the high military rank achieved by a Cherokee ancestor. She grew up on Mankiller Flats, the farm granted to her

human being, a culture-bearing primate classified in the genus Homo, especially the species H. sapiens. Human beings are anatomically similar and related to the great apes but are distinguished by a more highly developed brain and a resultant capacity for articulate speech and abstract reasoning.

Eric Gill: …and his famous torso “Mankind” (1928) were cut in Hoptonwood stone, which he helped make fashionable in the 1920s and ’30s. Other major commissions included the relief “Prospero and Ariel” over the main entrance of Broadcasting House, London (1931), and the three bas-reliefs entitled “The Creation of Adam” (1935–38)…

Theodosius Dobzhansky: …the “descent of man” in Mankind Evolving (1962). Finally, his interest in the direction that human evolution might take in the future, added to a natural philosophical inclination, led him into thought on the nature of humans and the purpose of life and death, as shown in his works The…

H.G. Wells: Early writings: …forms, and with Anticipations (1901), Mankind in the Making (1903), and A Modern Utopia (1905), he took his place in the British public’s mind as a leading preacher of the doctrine of social progress. About this time, too, he became an active socialist, and in 1903 joined the Fabian Society,…

Ophioglossaceae: Mankyua chejuense is endemic to Cheju Island of South Korea

John Manley is a Canadian politician who held various ministerial positions in the Liberal governments of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and served as deputy prime minister (2002–03). Manley was educated at Carleton University (B.A., 1971) and the University of Ottawa, where he earned a degree in law

Mary de la Riviere Manley was a British writer who achieved notoriety through presenting political scandal in the form of romance. Her Secret Memoirs . . . of Several Persons of Quality (1709) was a chronicle seeking to expose the private vices of Whig ministers. After its publication she was

Michael Manley was a Jamaican politician who served three terms as prime minister of Jamaica (1972–80 and 1989–92) and was a powerful champion of Third World issues. He was the son of noted sculptor Edna Swithenbank Manley and national hero Norman Manley, the cofounder of the People’s National

Michael Manley was a Jamaican politician who served three terms as prime minister of Jamaica (1972–80 and 1989–92) and was a powerful champion of Third World issues. He was the son of noted sculptor Edna Swithenbank Manley and national hero Norman Manley, the cofounder of the People’s National

Jamaica: Self-government of Jamaica: Norman Manley, leader of the People’s National Party (PNP), became premier after the elections of July 1959, but in 1960 the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) under Sir Alexander Bustamante pressed for secession from the federation. A referendum in 1961 supported their views. The JLP was…

Death Valley: Physical environment: …a body of water (Lake Manly) filled the valley to a depth of as much as 600 feet (180 metres). More recently, some 2,000 to 5,000 years ago, a shallow lake occupied the floor of the valley, its evaporation producing the present salt pan.

Bhamo: …of the Shan state of Manmaw. Its proximity (40 miles [65 km]) to the Chinese border made it the terminus of land commerce from China’s Yunnan province until the building of the Burma Road (1937–39). The town was a tributary to China at various times and was occupied by the…

Mann Act, U.S. federal statute (18 U.S.C. §2421 et seq.), passed by Congress and signed into law by Pres. William Howard Taft in 1910, that originally criminalized the transportation of women or girls “in interstate or foreign commerce” (i.e., between any two U.S. states or territories or between a

Najāḥid Dynasty: …1123 by his Mamlūk vizier Mann Allāh, who proceeded to fight off an attempted invasion by the Fāṭimids of Egypt and to reduce the Najāḥid ruler to a puppet figure. The Yemeni government passed from one Mamlūk vizier to another after Mann Allāh’s murder in 1130, as rival factions struggled…

Sigmund Freud: Last days of Sigmund Freud: …und die monotheistische Religion (1939; Moses and Monotheism), was more than just the “historical novel” he had initially thought to subtitle it. Moses had long been a figure of capital importance for Freud; indeed Michelangelo’s famous statue of Moses had been the subject of an essay written in 1914. The…

The Man Without Qualities, unfinished novel by Austrian writer Robert Musil, published as Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften in three installments in 1930, 1933, and 1943. Musil’s sprawling masterpiece was his life’s work. On the surface a witty, urbane portrait of life in the last days of the

Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, iconic movie palace on Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Grauman’s Chinese Theatre is perhaps the most famous movie theatre in the world, and certainly the most instantly recognizable. The opulent and extravagant Chinese facade is a piece of movie history

Anthony Mann was an American film director. A poet of action and retribution in the old American West, Mann has long been recognized as an example of the kind of director auteurists love: one who offers stories with recurring themes, whose protagonists share a common psychology, and whose visual

The Brill Building: Assembly-Line Pop: …Gerry Goffin and Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, and Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman were to rock and roll what Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and George and Ira Gershwin were to Tin Pan Alley. The difference was that the writers of Brill

golf: The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA): …as Kathy Whitworth, Mickey Wright, Carol Mann, Sandra Haynie, and Sandra Palmer helped maintain a reasonable level of popularity for the LPGA throughout the 1960s. Star players who emerged during the following decade include Jan Stephenson, Jo-Anne Carner, Amy Alcott, and Judy Rankin. The most notable player to