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The Celtic Twilight: Enchanted Woods
by W. B. Yeats "And Fair, Fierce Women"Miraculous CreaturesEnchanted Woods I Last summer, whenever I had finished my day's work, I used to go wandering in certain roomy woods, and there…Paul Arizin 2006 Deaths
Paul ArizinAge: 78 basketball star for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1950s and 60s who specialized in jump shots. In 1996, he was named one of the NBA's 50 greatest players of all time.…Derek Tayler 1997 Deaths
Derek TaylorThe Beatles's publicity spokesman, writer Taylor ran the press department of Apple Records, The Beatles's production company, from 1968 to 1970. In addition to The Beatles,…Aesop's Fables: Hercules and Minerva
by Aesop The Butcher and His CustomersThe Fox Who Served a LionHercules and Minerva Hercules was once travelling along a narrow road when he saw lying on the ground in front of him what…Walt Whitman: This Compost
This CompostPart 1Something startles me where I thought I was safest, I withdraw from the still woods I loved, I will not go now on the pastures to walk, I will not strip the clothes from my…Brewer's: Bob
A shilling. A “bender” is a sixpence. (Compare BAWBEE.) Bob. A set of changes rung on [church] bells: as a “bob major,” a “bob-minor,” a “triple bob.” To give the bob to any one. To…Brewer's: Panace'a
A universal cure. Panacea was the daughter of Esculapios (god of medicine). The name is evidently composed of two Greek words panakeomai (all I cure). Of course the medicine that cures is…Robert Altman 2006 Deaths
Robert AltmanAge: 81 influential director with an improvisational style who attacked authorities and conventions in—and during the production of—his films. He was best known for his 1970s…Gabrielle Anwar Biography
Gabrielle AnwaractressBorn: 2/4/1971Birthplace: Laleham, England As the daughter of a film producer and an English actress, you might say that the beautiful lady had little choice but to become an…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 8, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 7, 1805May 9, 1805May 8, 1805 Wednesday May 8th 1805. Set out at an early hour under a gentle brieze from the East. a black cloud which…Trending
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