Perhaps surprisingly, it is another bird – the New Caledonian crow – that gives chimpanzees a run for their money as the animal kingdom's master tool users.
Fork-tailed drongos, glossy black African songbirds with ruby-colored eyes, are the avian kingdom's masters of deception.
Moonrise Kingdom and The Master are among the films nominated for the Writers Guild's original screenplay prize, while Argo, Life of Pi and Lincoln compete for its adapted screenplay honour.
"It's the 'keys to the kingdom' worry – break the master lock and you're in," says Kyne, though he reckons the benefits outweigh the risks.
An unopposed landing was made in August, and by the following March (534) Belisarius had mastered the kingdom and received the submission of the Vandal ruler Gelimer.
"Moonrise Kingdom," "Django Unchained" and "The Master" are still wildcards, but they could score as well.
— that he would be made the master of the kingdom, God's representative on earth.
The pope also provided him with a collection of canons (ecclesiastical regulations) and letters of recommendation to such important personages as Charles Martel, master of the Frankish kingdom, whose protection was essential to Boniface's success.
Comparative studies throughout the animal kingdom suggested that Pax6 is a "master gene" for eye development (Gehring 2004; Gehring and Ikeo 1999).
By our estimation, penguins are the dance masters of the animal kingdom.
The Cid, for his part, now embarked on the lengthy and immensely complicated political maneuvering that was aimed at making him master of the rich Moorish kingdom of Valencia.
