Top Items About Pragmatism
Type | Title | Teaser | Author | Views | Rating |
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| Anecdotes | Joe Namath: Leader Hosen? | Famed New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath once donated a curious item of sports memorabilia to Planet Hollywood. The item?... | Anonymous | 545 | |
| Anecdotes | Spartan Constitution | The Spartan statesman Lycurgus, famed for his advocacy of strict military discipline and repressive state control, was... | Anonymous | 52 | |
| Quotes | Nikola Tesla on Thomas Edison's brute force approach | Nikola Tesla on Thomas Edison: "He had no hobby, cared for no sort of amusement of any kind and lived in utter disregard... | root | 51 | |
| Anecdotes | Stickler | A fashionable hostess - having spent a small fortune redecorating her home - once entertained Edward VII and asked... | Anonymous | 45 | |
| Anecdotes | Theodore Roosevelt & the Panama Canal | In 1903, the United States took possession of the Panama Canal Zone. Theodore Roosevelt, concerned about the... | Anonymous | 30 | |
| Anecdotes | Greed is Good? | Following his indictment on charges of insider trading, Ivan Boesky - the inspiration for Michael Douglas`s character in... | Anonymous | 23 | |
| Anecdotes | Curie On | Following the sudden death of her husband Pierre, Marie Curie was asked by the Sorbonne to assume the physics chair which... | Anonymous | 21 | |
| Anecdotes | Catholic Compromise | Paris took centre stage in the religious wars between Roman Catholics and Huguenots (Protestants) in the 1560s. The... | Anonymous | 19 | |
| Anecdotes | Dandy Timing | The director Michael Curtiz was famed for his hard-driving no-nonsense nature. He first arrived on the set of... | Anonymous | 19 | |
| Images | Practical Candles | ... | root | 17 |
