manual

The insurgent manual says snipers should target U.S.

officers because they are hard to replace, tank drivers

because their death could immobilize a tank crew, and

communications officers because their death could delay

calls for reinforcements.

manicurist

Anyway, the whole manicurist thing made marriage to

my mother awkward, so she took a musical in New York to

get out of the marriage, which is a legal way to dissolve a

union in Hollywood without involving lawyers.

manuscript

A year later, the manuscript was offered at auction

at Sotheby's in New York for between $16,000 and

$18,000 and was not purchased, but was later sold to

an unidentified dealer and disappeared again before the

Israelis could put their hands on it, he said.

maneuver

Hong Kongairline Cathay Pacific has denied claims

that one of its jumbo jets was forced into an emergency

maneuver after it was found to be flying without

guidance from any crew.

manipulate

Intelligence seeks to grasp, manipulate, re-order,

and adjust, while intellect examines, ponders, wonders,

theorizes, criticizes and imagines.

clumsy

Among her accidental missteps in clumsy, Fergie

stumbles off the end of a fashion runway and accidentally

activates hot-rod hydraulics. "It's a nice departure from

the image she has had," Lee says.

radiant

Radiant heating has been popular in Europe for many

decades, and people in the US are now waking up to the

advantages of radiant under floor heat systems in their

own homes.

backbone

A: If we want to take down the mobster group, we must

eliminate its backbone first.

B: I will take care of it, sir.