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Stephen King

Since the early 1970s, Stephen King has been America's most famous horror writer. His books are a mainstay of paperback bookracks everywhere, and have spawned a multi-media franchise that includes…

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking was the world's best-known theoretical physicist from the 1980s until his death in 2018 . He was an expert on black holes, and his stated intention was to unify quantum mechanics with…

Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper is the Canadian prime minister and the head of the Conservative Party of Canada. Originally from Ontario, he went west as a young man and ended up at the University of Calgary in…

King Stephen

King Stephen of England's reign from 1135 until 1154 was characterized by continual civil war as his relatives fought for the throne. Stephen, sometimes called Stephen Blois, was the grandson of…

Stephen Wilcox

Stephen Wilcox Born: 1830 Water tube steam boiler—Babcock and WilcoxThomas Edison once proclaimed it to be “…the best boiler God has permitted man yet to make.” Even today, nearly half of the…

Helen Stephens

Helen StephensBorn: Feb. 3, 1918Track & Field set 3 world records in 100-yard dash and 4 more in 100 meters in 1935-36; won gold medals in 100 meters and 4x100-meter relay in 1936…

Woody Stephens

Woody StephensBorn: Sept. 1, 1913Horse racing trainer who saddled an unprecedented 5 straight winners in Belmont Stakes (1982-86); also had two Kentucky Derby winners (1974,84) and one…

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert hosts cable TV's The Colbert Report, the nightly comedy spin-off of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. A veteran of Chicago's Second City improvisational troupe,…

Aesop's Fables: The Peacock and the Crane

by Aesop The Wolf and the LambThe Cat and the BirdsThe Peacock and the Crane A Peacock taunted a Crane with the dullness of her plumage. "Look at my brilliant colours," said she, "and see…

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…