Top Items About Strict Bosses
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| Anecdotes | 141 and a half socks | Captain Alexander Stewart (of the Cameronians) was once asked to account for the number of pairs of socks his company had.... | root | 86 | |
| Anecdotes | Dandy Timing | The director Michael Curtiz was famed for his hard-driving no-nonsense nature. He first arrived on the set of... | Anonymous | 25 | |
| Anecdotes | Michael Curtiz: You Watch | One day the legendary director Michael Curtiz found himself explaining a scene to an actor playing a minister in his... | Anonymous | 19 | |
| Anecdotes | Water Clock | Water clocks were used in Roman courtrooms to ensure that opposing lawyers were alloted equal amounts of... | Anonymous | 19 | |
| Anecdotes | Deadline | Though Michael Gordon, a former theatrical director, began his Hollywood career making low-budget pictures for Columbia,... | Anonymous | 19 | |
| Images | Reindeer Performance Evaluation | ... | root | 19 | |
| Anecdotes | Nutty Shockley (long) | In February 1956, William Shockley founded Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Palo Alto, California with the goal... | Anonymous | 17 | |
| Anecdotes | Hsi and Ho | The first report of a solar eclipse appeared in Chinese records. The eclipse came without warning, according to... | Anonymous | 15 | |
| Anecdotes | Pure Heart | Beethoven once dismissed a housekeeper for telling a lie. Nanette Streicher, who had procured the housekeeper on his... | Anonymous | 13 | |
| Anecdotes | Andy Grove & The Scrooge Memo | Intel Chairman Andy Grove was not noted for his generosity. During his tenure as CEO, employees who arrived later than... | Anonymous | 10 |
