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Agnés Varda

Agnes Varda was a French filmmaker and one of the key figures in cinema’s New Wave movement. Born in Belgium, Varda moved to France in her teens and later studied photography at the École des Beaux-…

Bernard C. Bert Kuczynski Biography

Bernard C. “Bert” KuczynskiAge: 77 became the first athlete to play pro football and baseball in the same season when he suited up for the Philadelphia Athletics and the Detroit Lions in…

Peter Foy 2005 Deaths

Peter FoyAge: 79 innovator who used harnesses, wires, and pulleys to send theater actors aloft. His Broadway credits include Peter Pan, Angels in America, and The Lion King. Died: Las Vegas,…

Aesop's Fables: The Prophet

by Aesop The Lion and the AssThe Hound and the HareThe Prophet A Prophet sat in the market-place and told the fortunes of all who cared to engage his services. Suddenly there came running…

Aesop's Fables: The Wolf and the Goat

by Aesop The Archer and the LionThe Sick StagThe Wolf and the Goat A Wolf caught sight of a Goat browsing above him on the scanty herbage that grew on the top of a steep rock; and being…

Aesop's Fables: The Crow and the Pitcher

by Aesop The Lion and the MouseThe Boys and the FrogsThe Crow and the Pitcher A thirsty Crow found a Pitcher with some water in it, but so little was there that, try as she might, she…

Aesop's Fables: The Farmer and His Dogs

by Aesop The Gnat and the LionThe Eagle and the FoxThe Farmer and His Dogs A Farmer was snowed up in his farmstead by a severe storm, and was unable to go out and procure provisions for…

Aesop's Fables: Hercules and Plutus

by Aesop The Lion, the Wolf, and the FoxThe Fox and the LeopardHercules and Plutus When Hercules was received among the gods and was entertained at a banquet by Jupiter, he responded…