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Radiohead performed "Man of War" several times while on tour for their second album, The Bends, in 1995. [1] It had the working title "Big Boots". [2] The singer, Thom Yorke, said it was a written as a homage to James Bond themes. [3] On the same tour, Radiohead covered "Nobody Does It Better", the theme from the 1977 Bond film The Spy Who ...
Man-of-war driving on a reef of rocks, and foundering in a gale, painting by George Philip Reinagle. The man-of-war design developed by Sir John Hawkins was a type of galleon which had three masts, each with three to four sails. The ship could be up to 60 metres long and could have up to 124 guns: four at the bow, eight at the stern, and 56 in ...
White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the fifth book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1850. [1] The book is based on the author's fourteen months' service in the United States Navy , aboard the frigate USS Neversink (actually USS United States ).
Man of war may refer to: Man-of-war, refers to any type of heavily armed warship from the 16th to the 19th centuries; Man-of-war fish, a driftfish generally found in open sea or close to the Portuguese man o' war; Max Manus: Man of War, a 2008 Norwegian World War II film; Portuguese man o' war, also referred to as Portuguese man of war, a ...
The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), also known as the man-of-war [6] or bluebottle, [7] is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean.It is considered to be the same species as the Pacific man o' war or bluebottle, which is found mainly in the Pacific Ocean. [8]
"I'll Make a Man of You" is a World War I recruiting song that was sung across Britain in hopes of rallying young men to enlist in the military. It is sung from a flirtatious young woman's perspective of how she dates military men in order to turn them into better soldiers. [ 1 ]
Man of War is a two-person wargame in which players control opposing fleets or squadrons of wooden-hulled ships. Tactics and command structure simulate those used by European navies from the start of the American Revolution to the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
[5] [6] Man of War was released December 31, 1997, while the sequel was released December 31, 1999. [7] [8] On June 17, 1997, Virgin Interactive signed a distribution agreement with Strategy First for North and South America; as part of the deal Virgin Interactive would also distribute two additional titles from Strategy First. [9] [10]