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Mamiya kyodai is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Yoshimitsu Morita, based on a novel by Kaori Ekuni. The film follows two eccentric brothers, who are also each other's best friend, as they try to find love.
Mamlambo (cryptozoology) The mamlambo is a cryptid which supposedly lives in the Mzintlava River near Mount Ayliff in South Africa. It has been reported to have killed at least 7-9 people who crossed the Mzintlava River but there is no evidence as to if they were killed by this creature.
Mamluk A mamluk (Arabic: مملوك (singular), مماليك (plural), "owned"; also transliterated mameluk, mameluke, or mamluke) was a slave soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ayyubid sultans during the Middle Ages. Over time they became a powerful military caste, and on more than one occasion they seized power for themselves, for example in Egypt from 1250 to 1517.
Mammal The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of young, from mammary glands present on most species and specialized skin glands in monotremes that seep or ooze milk; the presence of hair or fur; specialized teeth; three minute bones within the ear; the presence of a neocortex region in the brain; and endothermic or "warm-blooded" bodies, and, in most cases, the existence of a placenta in the ontogeny. The brain regulates endothermic and circulatory systems, including a four-chambered heart.
Mammalian diving reflex Submerging the face into water causes the mammalian diving reflex, which is found in all mammals (including humans, although it is less pronounced), but especially in marine mammals (as, for example, whales and seals.) This reflex puts the body into oxygen saving mode to maximize the time that can be spent under water.
Mammalogy In zoology, mammalogy is the study of mammals – a class of vertebrates with characteristics such as homeothermic metabolism, fur, four-chambered hearts, and complex nervous systems. Mammalogy has also been known as "mastology," "theriology," and "therology.
Mammals discovered in the 2000s Below is are links to lists of extant mammal species discovered, formally named, or brought to public light in the year 2000 or later. Notable subspecies are also included, as are mammals rediscovered after being declared, or seriously suspected to be, extinct.
Mamman Jiya Vatsa Mamman Vatsa (1940 - 86) was a Major-General in the Nigerian army, Minister of the Federal Capital Abuja, and a member of the Supreme Military Council. He was executed by the Nigerian Government of Major General Ibrahim Babangida on March 5 1986 following accusations of his involvement in an abortive coup.
Mammary intercourse Mammary intercourse, also known by many slang and colloquial terms, of which three common ones are tit wank or tug job (where the male is passive) and titty fuck (where he is not), is a form of so-called "outercourse" (sex with a partner but without penetration). In this sex act, a man's penis is placed on the intermammary sulcus, squeezed between a woman's breasts and stimulated with an up and down sliding motion, sometimes with the aid of a sexual lubricant.
Mammatus cloud Mammatus (also known as mamma or mammatocumulus, meaning "breast-cloud") is a meteorological term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud, often a cumulus or cumulonimbus. Their color is normally a bluish gray, the same as that of the host cloud, but direct illumination from the setting sun and other clouds may cause a gold or reddish cast.
Mammed Amin Rasulzade Mammed Amin Rasulzade (; January 31, 1884, Novkhana, near Baku—March 6, 1955, Ankara) was an Azerbaijani statesman, scholar, public figure and one of the founding political leaders of Azerbaijan Republic (1918-1920).
Mammee apple Mammea americana, commonly known as Mammee, mammee apple, Mamey, mamey apple, San Domingo apricot or South American apricot, is an evergreen tree of the family Clusiaceae, whose fruit is edible. The species is a close relative of the mangosteen.
Mammillaria The genus Mammillaria is one of the largest in the cactus family Cactaceae, with currently 171 known species and varieties recognized. The first was described by Carolus Linnaeus as Cactus mammillaris in 1753, deriving name from Latin mammilla = nipple, referring to the tubercules that are one of the plant's specific features.
Mammillary process Of the three tubercles noticed in connection with the transverse processes of the lower thoracic vertebrae, the superior one is connected in the lumbar region with the back part of the superior articular process, and is named the mammillary process.
Mammo Wudneh Mammo Wudneh is a playwright, journalist and Former President of the Ethiopian Writers' Association. He is actively involved as a peacemaker between Ethiopia and Eritrea working on an interfaith committee chaired by Abune Paulos, the Patriarch of the Tewahedo Church.
Mammomonogamus Mammomonogamus is a genus of parasitic nematode of the family Syngamidae that parasitises the gastrointestinal tract of cattle, sheep, goats, deer, cats, orangutans and elephants. It has rarely been found in humans when it has been assumed to be accidental.
Mammon Machine In the RPG Chrono Trigger, the Mammon Machine (まじんき Demon Machine) (most likely named after Mammon the demon of greed) was a device made of dreamstone, which amplified and tapped the energies of Lavos. Built by the Enlightened Ones, it was ultimately the source of their magical power.
Mammootty Mammootty (born on September 7, 1953 as Muhammed Kutty at Chempu near Vaikom, Kottayam district, Kerala) is a popular Indian film actor. He has acted in more than three hundred films, most of them in Malayalam cinema.
Mammoth Mart Mammoth Mart was a discount department store chain, located in the northeastern United States, primarily in the New England area. The chain was founded by Max Coffman in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1956, and was something of a prototype for the large, downscale department store, selling housewares, hardware and clothing in stark, unfussy buildings, usually in suburban shopping center locations.
Mammoth Pool Reservoir Mammoth Pool Reservoir is a reservoir on the San Joaquin River, on the border between Fresno County and Madera County, California, about 45 miles north-northeast of Fresno. The 123,000 acre-foot reservoir is formed by Mammoth Pool Dam, an earth-fill dam completed in 1960.
Mammoth Records Founded in 1989 in Carrboro, North Carolina, Mammoth Records was one of the premiere independent record labels of the 1990s. Its roster featured such diverse talent as: Squirrel Nut Zippers, Juliana Hatfield, Victoria Williams, Kill Creek, Vanilla Train Wreck, Velo-Deluxe, Frente, Chainsaw Kittens, Joe Henry, Fun-Da-Mental, Machines of Loving Grace, The Melvins, Jason & The Scorchers and My Friend Steve.
Mammoth Road Mammoth Road is a long north–south road in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The road runs from its origin in Lowell, Massachusetts to its northern end in Hooksett, New Hampshire, which is a northern suburb of Manchester.
Mammothmon Mammothmon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, an ultimate level Ancient Animal Digimon that resembles the wooly mammoth. It is said to have had existed in the Ancient Digital World, frozen until it was thawed out by global warming in the Digital World.
Mammoty Mammoty, a special type of garden hoe that is common in India and Sri Lanka, whose blade is about four times as large as that of the average garden hoe. It is the gardening implement of choice in these countries and the name comes from the word "Man Vetty" ("Man" rhymes with "one") in Tamil which is a language spoken in Tamil Nadu in India and in the north of Sri Lanka.
Mammy archetype Mammy is a variant of "mother", used most prominently by blacks in the Southern United States during slavery and for a time thereafter. It is no longer in common use and, when used today to refer to a black woman, it is considered an ethnic slur.
Mamochisane Mamochisane was the daughter of Sebetwane, a Makololo queen who ruled over many people, but especially the Lozi, in Barotseland, today Western Zambia. She succeeded her father on his death in 1851, as he had projected long before his death, even if she had brothers.
Mamona Mamona (sometimes also Mamuna) in the Slavic mythology was a wild female spirit of the forest or the mountains. She resembled such nature goddesses as Artemis and is said to lead one down the wrong path, literally and figuratively.
Mamoncillo The mamoncillo (Melicoccus bijugatus), also known as the mamĂłn (although the word is considered obscene in some Spanish speaking countries), chenet, guaya, gnep, ginep, genip, guinep, ginnip, quenepa, Spanish lime, or limoncillo, is a fruit-bearing tree in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native or naturalised over a wide area of the American tropics including Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname and the Caribbean. It is a large tree growing up to 30 m high.
Mamoré The Mamoré is a large river in Bolivia, which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon. It rises on the northern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, and is known as the Chimore down to its junction with the Chapare.
Mamores The Mamores are a group of mountains in the Lochaber area of the Grampian Mountains in the Scottish Highlands. They form an east-west ridge approximately fifteen kilometres in length lying between Glen Nevis to the north and Loch Leven to the south.
Mamoru Imura Mamoru Imura (November 22, 1948 in HyĹŤgo, Japan) is an inventor, music composer, and Chief Executive Officer of VitaCraft and VitaCraft Japan. Mamoru attended the Osaka University of Foreign Studies for roughly a year, but then dropped out.
Mamoru Oshii Mamoru Oshii (押井守 Oshii Mamoru; born August 8, 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese animation and live-action film writer and director famous for his philosophy-orietned storytelling. Presently, Oshii lives in Atami, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan with his dogs – a basset hound named Gabriel (ガブリエル) and a mutt named Daniel (both are featured in Tachiguishi-Retsuden).
Mamoru Takamura Mamoru Takamura is a fictional character from the anime and manga series Fighting Spirit (Japanese Title - はじめの一歩, Hajime no Ippo). Though many consider him to be a lecher and very arrogant, Takamura is the strongest boxer in the entire series.
Mampuku-ji Mampuku-ji (Japanese: 萬福寺, Manpuku-ji) is the head temple of the Japanese Ōbaku Zen sect. Founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Yinyuan Longqi and his disciple Muyan, it is located at Uji, near Kyoto, and is built in Chinese Ming style.
Mamta (1966 film) Mamta is a Hindi film, Directed by Asit Sen, this movie starred Suchitra Sen, in a double role, as the protagonist of an archetypical tear-jerker. Devayani (Suchitra Sen) is a girl from a poor family who meets and falls in love with Mohnish (Ashok Kumar) who hails from an extremely wealthy family.
Mamta Sagar Mamta Sagar is a contemporary Kannada poet and playwright living in Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh, India. She has published two collections of poems, “Kaada Navilina Hejje” (Footprints of The Wild Peacock) 1992 and “Nadiya Neerina Teva” (Dampness of the River) 1999 and four plays.
Mamu The Mamu are an Indigenous Australian people from the coastal and rainforest region of Far North Queensland. They inhabited the region of the Johnstone River at Innisfail, from Murdering Point in the south to Tolga in the north.
Mamund The Mamund are a Pashtun tribe of around 12,000 people and are one of the four clans of Tarkanis. The tribe is located principally in the Watelai valley, but also own villages on both sides of the Durand Line.
Mamunta Mayosso Wildlife Sanctuary The Mamunta Mayosso Wildlife Sanctuary is a game reserve in Tonkolili District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone. It is one of the few areas in the country that protects the threatened Dwarf Crocodile as well as being home to 252 bird species despite its small size.
Mamzelle Champagne Mam'zelle Champagne was a musical revue with book by Edgar Allan Woolf, music by Cassius Freeborn, produced by Henry Pincus, which opened June 25, 1906. On opening night at Madison Square Garden, millionaire playboy Harry K.
MaMaMedia MaMaMedia is an educational consulting firm run by Idit Harel Caperton that specializes in constructionist learning applications for developing digital literacy skills for children around the world. The centerpiece of the company is MaMaMedia.
Man (album) Man is the third solo album by Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, released in 1996. The album was a reasonable success, however the track which ironically does not fit in the overall feeling of the album and often feels like the odd song out, "7 Seconds" became a hit.
Man (band) Man are a progressive pub-rock band from South Wales with a cult following. Originally the second incarnation of Welsh rock harmony group The Bystanders: Micky Jones, Clive John, Ray Williams and Jeffrey Jones.
Man and His Symbols Man and His Symbols is the last psychological work undertaken by Carl Jung before his death in 1961. First published in 1964, it is divided into five parts, four of which are written by associates of Jung: Joseph L.
Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future (1990) is the most speculative and controversial book written by Scottish geologist Dougal Dixon. The theme of the book is a science fiction exploration of the possibilities of the future evolution of humans.
Man Alive BBC TV Man Alive was a popular documentary and current affairs series that ran on BBC Television from 1965 to 1981. During that time there were nearly 500 programmes tackling a range of social and political issues, both in the UK and abroad.
Man bites dog (journalism) The phrase Man bites dog and the related phrase Dog bites man are used to describe a phenomenon in journalism, in which an unusual, infrequent event is more likely to be reported as news than an ordinary, everyday occurrence. This can be explained by the fact that the news media generally considers an event more newsworthy if there is something unusual about it.
Man Bites Dog (film) C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog) is a satirical 1992 Belgian French language black comedy mockumentary starring Benoît Poelvoorde. Of all films permitted within the United States, it has been banned by the greatest number of non-U.
Man Bites God Man Bites God is a three-piece band from Melbourne, Australia; founded in 2000 by James Hazelden (guitar/vocals) and Chris Tomkins (drums/vocals) after the demise of Hazelden's previous band, The Drowning Hitlers. Mark Woodward (bass guitar/recorder/vocals) was soon recruited and the group were spotted playing in an unassuming Fitzroy bar (Mayfields) by Dan Brodie who insisted the band support him at St Kilda's Esplanade Hotel (the 'Espy').
Man Booker Prize The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Booker Prize, is one of the world's most prestigious literary prizes, awarded each year for the best original full-length novel written in the English language by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. A separate prize for which any living author in the world may qualify, the Man Booker International Prize, was inaugurated in 2005.
Man Descending Man Descending is a collection of short stories written by Saskatchewan-born writer Guy Vanderhaeghe. The book was first published by Macmillan of Canada in 1982 and Vanderhaeghe went on to become one of the few first-time authors to win the coveted Governor General's Award for Fiction for this work.
Man engine A Man engine was a mechanism of reciprocating ladders and stationary platforms installed in mines to assist the miners' journeys to and from the working levels. It was invented in Germany in the sixteenth century and was a prominent feature of tin and copper mines in Cornwall until the beginning of the twentieth.
Man Equals Man Man Equals Man or A Man's a Man is a classic play about war and personality by one of the giants of twentieth century drama, Bertolt Brecht. One of Brechet's early works, the play explores theories of human equality as well as issues of identity.
Man flu Man Flu, A relatively recent terminology for the persistant effects of a benign and mild cold on the overall male population. It does seem however that men do suffer for longer periods when they catch a common cold, and take longer to recover .
Man for Peace The title Man for Peace was created in 1999, to recognise individuals who offered "an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace". Its name is commonly misattributed as "Man of Peace".
Man from Another Place The Man from Another Place also called The Midget or “The Dancing Dwarf” is a character in the Mark Frost and David Lynch television series, Twin Peaks. He made his first appearance in the third episode of the first season, “Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer.
Man From Delmonte The Man From Delmonte was an independent band from Manchester, England, formed in 1987. Band members included Mike West (vocals and acoustic guitar), Sheila Seal (bass), Martin Vincent (guitar), and Howard Goody (drums).
Man Group Man Group plc () is one of the world's largest futures contract brokers and a leading global provider of alternative investment products. It is a United Kingdom based company, headquartered in London, and it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Man in Gray Man In Gray is a noise rock band based in Brooklyn/New York City. Their debut EP, entitled "No Day/ No Night," received critical praise with much of the attention centered on the track titled "Incommunicado," which was listed by Village Voice music editor Chuck Eddy in the publication's annual critics poll.
Man in the Iron Mask The Man in the Iron Mask was a prisoner held in a number of prisons, including the Bastille, during the reign of Louis XIV of France. The identity of this man has been thoroughly discussed, mainly because no one ever saw his face as it was hidden by a black velvet mask, which later re-tellings of the story have said to have been an iron mask.
Man in the Mirror "Man in the Mirror" was a number-one hit for singer Michael Jackson when released as a single in the spring of 1988. It is one of Jackson's most critically acclaimed songs and it was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards.
Man in the Sand Man in the Sand is a 1999 music documentary that chronicles the collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco, which involved the musicians creating new music to accompany lyrics that were written decades earlier by folk singer Woody Guthrie. The project, which was organized by Woody's daughter Nora, spawned two albums: 1998's Mermaid Avenue, and Mermaid Avenue Vol.
Man in the Wilderness Man in the Wilderness is a 1971 film about a scout for a group of mountain men who are traversing the Northwestern United States during the 1820s. The scout is mauled by a bear and left to die by his companions.
Man In The Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story Man In The Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story is a 2004 biographical telefilm drama somewhat similar to The Jacksons: An American Dream and like a follow-up to it. It is from Paramount Pictures and VH1 based on the true story of Michael Jackson.
Man Is the Bastard Man Is the Bastard were a pioneering hardcore punk band who contributed the name, and perhaps also the ethos, to the punk subgenre known as power violence. Based in Claremont, CA, the band existed from 1991 to 1997, releasing many vinyl records on obscure labels from around the world.
Man Jiang Hong Mǎn Jīang Hóng ) is the title of a set of lyrical poems sharing the same pattern. If unspecified, it most often refers to the one written by legendary Song Dynasty general and Chinese national hero Yue Fei (but some sources suggest this is not by Yue Fei actually, see talk).
Man Jumping Famously described by Brian Eno as 'the most important band in the world', Man Jumping were formed in the mid-1980s from the members of Lost Jockey who were variously described as playing 'systems music' (which refers to the repetitive musical loops and themes of avant garde US composers such as Steve Reich, Philip Glass and Terry Riley) or 'systems funk'.
Man Laws Man Laws (Men of the Square Table) are a series of humorous beer commercials for Miller Lite, inspired by the unwritten codes men live by. In the commercials, the panel discusses a given issue until it decides upon a "Man Law".
Man marking Man marking is a defensive strategy used in football (soccer), where defenders are assigned a specific opposition player to mark rather than covering an area of the pitch. The alternative to man marking is zonal marking.
Man Mo Temple Man Mo Temple or Man Mo Miu () is a commonly sort of temple worshipping the Man Tai (文帝), Pau Kung and Mo Tai (武帝), Kwan Yu, to pray for good results in examinations in Hong Kong, China. It was built after two gods, Man the god of literature and Mo the god of war.
Man Mohan Adhikari Man Mohan Adhikari (June 1920-April 26,1999) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 1994 to 1995, representing the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). He was one of the few democratically-elected Communist Party members in the world to serve as head of government.
Man o' War Boulevard Man o' War Boulevard, named after the legendary racehorse, is a 16-mile four-lane urban arterial with curbs and sidewalks its entire length, circling Lexington, Kentucky to its south. Its western terminus is at US 60 (Versailles Road) at Keeneland's main entrance, where the highway traverses southeast intersecting with US 68 (Harrodsburg Road), US 27 (Nicholasville Road), and other minor roads.
Man of La Mancha Man of La Mancha is a 1965 Broadway musical in one act which tells the story of the classic novel Don Quixote as a play within a play, performed by Miguel de Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition. It is performed on a single set, arranged to suggest, vaguely, a dungeon.
Man of La Mancha (film) Man of La Mancha is a 1972 film based on the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman, with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion. The musical was suggested by the classic satire Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes, but more directly based on Dale Wasserman's 1959 non-musical television play, I, Don Quixote, which combines a semi-fictional episode from the life of Cervantes with scenes from his novel.
Man of Marble Man of Marble (Polish: Człowiek z marmuru) is a 1976 Polish film by Andrzej Wajda. It chronicles the fall of grace of a heroic bricklayer, Mateusz Birkut (played by Jerzy Radziwiłowicz), who became the symbol of the worker in Nowa Huta a new socialist city near Kraków.
Man of Miracles (comics) The Man of Miracles (aka MoM, a fan abbreviation) is a fictional, mysterious super-being who has appeared in the alleys to offer his guidance and wisdom to The Hellspawn so that he might play his part in Armageddon. He is a being of practically unconceivable power who has been the architect behind most of the events in the Spawn universe, holding significant knowledge about Al Simmons and his role as Spawn, knowledge that not even Mammon possesses and possessing powers beyond that of God or Satan.
Man of Nazareth Man of Nazareth is a historical novel by Anthony Burgess based on his screenplay for Franco Zeffirelli's TV miniseries Jesus of Nazareth. It is one of a trilogy of Burgess books with biblical themes, the others being The Kingdom of the Wicked and Moses.
Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex is an essay in which science fiction author Larry Niven details the problems that Superman would face in having sexual intercourse with "a human woman designated LL for convenience", using arguments based on humorous (yet logical) reconciliation between physics, biology and the abilities of Kryptonians as presented in Superman comic books. It was first printed in Niven's 1971 collection, All the Myriad Ways, and is now available at Larry Niven's web site.
Man of the House (1995 film) Man of the House is a 1995 comedy film starring Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and George Wendt (of Cheers fame). Marking Thomas' motion picture debut, this Disney comedy is about a boy (Thomas) who must come to terms with his potential stepfather (Chase), a well-meaning lawyer who is unknowingly the subject of a manhunt by relatives of a man he helped land in prison.
Man of the House (2005 comedy film) Man of the House is a 2005 comedy film starring Tommy Lee Jones about a Texas Ranger who has to protect a group of cheerleaders who witnessed a murder. Much of the movie was shot in Austin, Texas on the University of Texas campus and also at Darrell K.
Man of the Year (1995 film) Man of the Year is a 1995 mockumentary written, directed by and starring Dirk Shafer. The film is a fictionalized account of Shafer's reign as Playgirl magazine's 1992 "Man of the Year" and his struggle with reconciling his public persona as a sex symbol to women with his identity as a gay man.
Man of the Year (2006 film) Man of the Year is a comedy movie directed by Barry Levinson and featuring an ensemble cast with Robin Williams in the lead role. In addition to Williams, the film features Christopher Walken, Laura Linney and Lewis Black.
Man of war A man of war (also man-of-war, man-o'-war or simply man) is an armed naval vessel. The term often refers to ships armed with cannon and propelled primarily by sails as opposed to a galley – propelled primarily by oars.
Man on Fire (1987 film) Man on Fire is a 1987 film directed by Elie Chouraqui, starring Scott Glenn, Joe Pesci and Jonathan Pryce. In the film, an ex-CIA agent by the name of John Creasy is a bodyguard for a young daughter of a rich family, who seeks vengeance after she is kidnapped.
Man on the Bondi Tram The Man on the Bondi Tram is a fictional legal character representing an ordinary person. Jurors, for example, have been directed to consider what the Man on the Bondi Tram would think of whether a statement is defamatory.
Man or boy test The man or boy test was proposed by computer scientist Donald Knuth as a means of evaluating implementations of the ALGOL programming language. The aim of the test was to separate compilers that correctly implemented scoping and call by name (the "men") from those that did not (the "boys").
Man overboard Man overboard refers to a situation in which a person has fallen off a boat or ship into water and is in need of rescue. Whoever sees the person fall should shout "MAN OVERBOARD" to alert other crew members, and if possible keep sight of the person in the water.
Man O' War (game) Man O' War (sometimes also written as "Manowar") is a now out-of-print table top war game by Games Workshop. The game was set in the same realm of Warhammer Fantasy as used for the Warhammer Fantasy Battle and included most of the factions from that setting.
Man O' War (horse) Man O' War, (March 29, 1917 Nursery Stud farm, Lexington, Kentucky - November 1, 1947, Faraway Farm) is considered by many to be the greatest US thoroughbred racehorse] of all time. During his career just after [[World War I, he won 20 of 21 races and $249,465 in purses.
Man Or Mouse Man Or Mouse is a single released on September 30, 2002 by the Swedish punk-rock band Millencolin comprising of the title track "Man Or Mouse" from the full length album Home from Home along with non-album tracks "Bull By The Horns" and "Into The Maze". In addition, the CD contains MPEG files of the music videos for "Kemp" and "Man Or Mouse".
Man Overboard (song) "Man Overboard" is a blink-182 song from their live CD The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show: The Enema Strikes Back. It is rumored to be about how drummer Scott Raynor was an alcoholic and got kicked out of the band for his alcoholism.
Man Overboard! Man Overboard! is a detective novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, set largely in Northern Ireland and based on an implausible, and ultimately non-existent, reversible chemical process to make petrol inert and thus safe.
Man Parrish Man Parrish (full name Manuel Joseph Parrish, born May 6, 1958) is considered to be a "pioneering" electronic music producer and performer. He became an underground music scene icon in the 1980s and 1990s and is considered to be one of the most important and influential figures in American electronic dance music, according to The New York Times.
Man Ray Man Ray (August 27, 1890–November 18, 1976) was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Perhaps best described simply as a modernist, he was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal.
Man Stroke Woman Man Stroke Woman is a comedy sketch show directed by Richard Cantor and produced by Ash Atalla and starring Amanda Abbington, Ben Crompton, Daisy Haggard, Meredith MacNeill, Nicholas Burns and Nick Frost. As well as being broadcast on digital channel BBC Three, all the episodes were available for streaming from the BBC website.
Man to Man wargame Man-to-Man wargames are wargames in which units generally represent single individuals or weapons systems, and are rated not only on weaponry but may also be rated on such facets as morale, perception, skill-at-arms, etc. The games are designed so that a knowledge of military tactics, especially at the small unit (squad) level, will facilitate good gameplay.
Man vs. Himself Man versus Himself is the theme in literature that places a character against his own will, his own confusion, or his own fears, man versus himself can also be where a character tries to find out who they are or comes to a realization or a change in character. Although the struggle is internal, the character can be influenced by external forces.
Man with a Movie Camera Man with a Movie Camera, sometimes The Man with the Movie Camera, The Man with a Camera, The Man With the Kinocamera, or Living Russia (, Chelovek s kino-apparatom) is an experimental 1929 silent documentary film by Russian director Dziga Vertov.
Man with No Name The Man with No Name is a stock character in western films, but the term usually applies specifically to the character (or possibly characters) played by American actor Clint Eastwood in what is often called "The Dollars Trilogy" directed by Sergio Leone.
Man Wa Lane Man Wa Lane (文華里), also commomly known as Chop Alley (圖章街), is a lane in Sheung Wan of Hong Kong, spanning from Bonham Strand to Connaught Road Central, across Wing Lok Street and Des Voeux Road Central.
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