Brooks

Sam, a rhesus monkey, was one of the most well known monkeys of the space program. His name was an acronym for the U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas. He was launched on December 4, 1959, housed in a cylindrical capsule within the Mercury spacecraft atop a Little Joe rocket in order to test the launch escape system (LES). Approximately one minute into the flight, travelling at a speed of 3685 mph, the Mercury capsule aborted from the Little Joe launch vehicle. After attaining an altitude of 51 miles, the spacecraft landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Sam was recovered, several hours later, with no ill effects from his journey.

In dry seasons she carried water from the brooks and pools and moistened the roots of her thirsty dependents.

"I'm worried. I'm lucky to have some savings, and I know a lot of people don't," Brooks says.

The Saudi monarchy brooks little dissent.

There are added political risks to quantitative easing in the eurozone, said Brooks.

The dictator brooks no opposition.

The author of fiction and non-fiction, Brooks lives in rural Virginia, not far from Civil War sites she describes in her novel.

Mel Brooks is known for his spoofs of popular movies and genres.

I wish Mel Brooks had made a spoof of this movie.