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Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Man with No Enemies
32 34 The Man with No Enemies AN Inoffensive Person walking in a public place was assaulted by a Stranger with a Club, and severely beaten. When the Stranger with a Club was brought to trial,…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Man of Principle
64 66 The Man of Principle DURING a shower of rain the Keeper of a Zoological garden observed a Man of Principle crouching beneath the belly of the ostrich, which had drawn itself up to its full…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Man and the Wart
96 98 The Man and the Wart A PERSON with a Wart on His Nose met a Person Similarly Afflicted, and said: "Let me propose your name for membership in the Imperial Order of Abnormal Proboscidians,…2001-02 NBA Sixth-Man Awards
Voted on by a 125-member panel of local and national pro basketball writers and broadcasters. Pos Votes Corliss Williamson, Detroit F 56 Bobby Jackson, Sacramento G 30…The 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans Results
June 16-17, at Le Mans, France Officially the Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance and first held in 1923. Contested over the 8.456-mile Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. Listed are qualifying…Memorable Olympic Moments: The Man with the Golden Shoes
Michael Johnson sets the pace in 1996 by John Gettings Michael Johnson at the Atlanta Olympic Games. (Source: AP) Related Links Olympics Overview 2012 Track and Field Preview…Markham, Edwin
(Encyclopedia) Markham, Edwin, 1852–1940, American poet, b. Oregon City, Oreg. He grew up in California and later taught school there. In 1899 he achieved widespread popularity for the poem “The Man…Mason, James
(Encyclopedia) Mason, James, 1909–84, British stage and film actor. Mason, trained at Cambridge as an architect, became a leading man in British films in the 1940s and thereafter an international…Dawkins, Sir William Boyd
(Encyclopedia) Dawkins, Sir William Boyd, 1837–1929, English geologist and archaeologist. He was a member (1861–69) of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, curator (1870–90) of the Manchester…genius
(Encyclopedia) genius, in Roman religion, guardian spirit of a man, a family, or a state. In some instances, a place, a city, or an institution had its genius. As the guardian spirit of an individual…