Top Items About 1970s
Type | Title | Teaser | Author | Views | Rating |
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| Anecdotes | 1972 Cadillac | At the height of his success, Isaac Hayes (famed for his role as "Shaft") purchased a gold-plated 1972 cadillac. Hayes... | Anonymous | 71 | |
| Images | Would you have invested? | ... | root | 45 | |
| Anecdotes | Recession | The latter portion of Jimmy Carter`s presidency was plagued by recession. The American economy did not pick up again... | Anonymous | 33 | |
| Anecdotes | Celebrity Shrooms | The mad celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain was once asked whether the psychedelic excesses of the 1970s had ever spilled... | Anonymous | 32 | |
| Anecdotes | `70s Hollywood | One day in the 1970s, producer Jonathan Taplin attended an AFI tribute for Alfred Hitchcock. As Taplin learned when... | Anonymous | 21 | |
| Anecdotes | Battle of the Sexes | In September 1973, Bobby Riggs (once the world`s top-ranked tennis player) challenged Billie Jean King, the reigning... | Anonymous | 18 | |
| Anecdotes | October Crisis | In October 1970, Canadian Prime minister Pierre Trudeau was asked (by a CBC reporter) about the federal government`s... | Anonymous | 17 | |
| Anecdotes | Smiley Face | "Back in 1963, Harvey Ball was asked by an insurance company to come up with a symbol to help improve company morale.... | Anonymous | 16 | |
| Anecdotes | Rejection Slip | "The best," Iain Banks recalled of his many rejection slips, "was back in the 1970s and there were still queues for bread... | Anonymous | 15 | |
| Anecdotes | His name was Rico? | Barry Manilow was once asked whether a long career necessarily entailed embarrassment. "We all have those things in our... | Anonymous | 13 |
