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Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth

(Encyclopedia) Schwarzkopf, ElisabethSchwarzkopf, Elisabethshwärtsˈkôpf [key], 1915–2006, German lyric soprano. After studying music in Berlin she was trained by Maria Ivogün. She sang with the…

Mörike, Eduard

(Encyclopedia) Mörike, EduardMörike, Eduardāˈd&oomacr;ärt möˈrĭkə [key], 1804–75, German writer and clergyman, a leader of the Swabian school. Over 50 of his rich and varied lyrics, among them “…

thylacine

(Encyclopedia) thylacinethylacinethīˈləsīnˌ [key] or Tasmanian wolf, carnivorous marsupial, or pouched mammal, of New Guinea, Australia, and Tasmania, presumed extinct since 1936. The thylacine is…

Naomi Wolf, 1999 News

37, feminist writer, was paid $15,000 a month as a consultant to Vice President Al Gore during his presidential campaign. She suggested that Gore reinvent himself as an Alpha male (a leader…

Marcus Wolf 2006 Deaths

Marcus WolfAge: 83 German spy known as “the man without a face” for much of the cold war. He ran the East German foreign intelligence service for 34 years.Died: Berlin, Nov. 9, 2006Shelley…

Aesop's Fables: The Wolf and the Lamb

by Aesop The Horse and the Groom The Peacock and the Crane The Wolf and the Lamb A Wolf came upon a Lamb straying from the flock, and felt some compunction about taking the life of so…

Aesop's Fables: The Wolf and the Lion

by Aesop The Oxen and the ButchersThe Sheep, the Wolf, and the StagThe Wolf and the Lion A wolf stole a lamb from the flock, and was carrying it off to devour it at his leisure when he met…

Aesop's Fables: The Wolf and the Crane

by Aesop The Trumpeter Taken PrisonerThe Eagle, the Cat, and the Wild SowThe Wolf and the Crane A Wolf once got a bone stuck in his throat. So he went to a Crane and begged her to put…

The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids

The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids There was once upon a time an old goat who had seven little kids, and loved them with all the love of a mother for her children. One day she wanted to go…