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The Devil's Dictionary: Fiddle

by Ambrose Bierce FICKLENESSFIDELITYFIDDLE -n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse's tail on the entrails of a cat. To Rome said Nero: "If to smoke you turn I…

Anne Gwynne 2003 Deaths

Anne GwynneAge: 84 actress who appeared in several science fiction and horror films, including Black Friday and The Black Cat. Died: Los Angeles, Calif., March 31, 2003 Arthur GuytonG -…

Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield 2004 Deaths

Godfrey Newbold HounsfieldAge: 84 British electrical engineer who invented the first CAT scan machine. He won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work. Died: Thames,…

Paula Danziger 2004 Deaths

Paula DanzigerAge: 59 author who wrote dozens of children's books, including The Cat Ate My Gymsuit and the Amber Brown series. Died: Manhattan, July 8, 2004Rodney DangerfieldA - FEileen…

Aesop's Fables: The Viper and the File

by Aesop The Lioness and the VixenThe Cat and the CockThe Viper and the File A Viper entered a carpenter's shop, and went from one to another of the tools, begging for something to eat.…

Aesop's Fables: The Wolf and the Sheep

by Aesop The Eagle, the Cat, and the Wild SowThe Tunny-Fish and the DolphinThe Wolf and the Sheep A Wolf was worried and badly bitten by dogs, and lay a long time for dead. By and by he…

The Devil's Dictionary: Sacred

by Ambrose Bierce SACRAMENTSANDLOTTERSACRED -adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as, the Dalai Lama of Thibet; the…

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Jaime SabinesEdmond SafraDoug SahmFred Saigh Jr.Gene SarazenVazgen SarkisianNathalie SarrauteBidu SayaoArthur Schawlow Elizabeth (Betty) Robinson SchwartzAl Schill Jr.George C(ampbell)…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Peter Bell, Hell

by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Devil Sin Hell Hell is a city much like London— A populous and a smoky city; There are all sorts of people undone, And there is little or no fun done; Small…