Top Items About Understatement
Type | Title | Teaser | Author | Views | Rating |
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| Anecdotes | Moderation & the Indian Raj | British officials in the Indian Raj were frequently tempted by the many opportunities for corruption. During... | Anonymous | 556 | |
| Anecdotes | Peccadillo? | In August 1842, Charles Napier, having annexed the province of Sind (giving the British control of the Indus River, in... | Anonymous | 123 | |
| Anecdotes | Chimney Sleep? | Mark Twain`s cigar smoking was a constant source of irritation to his wife, Olivia and to many of his friends. The... | Anonymous | 119 | |
| Anecdotes | Fab Three? | In 1989, George Harrison rejected Paul McCartney`s latest proposal for a Beatles reunion. "As far as I`m concerned," he... | Anonymous | 87 | |
| Anecdotes | Classic Jewison | After living much of his life in hotel rooms, legendary director Norman Jewison, a Canadian at heart, returned to Canada... | Anonymous | 60 | |
| Anecdotes | French Revolt? | On July 14, 1789, at the start of the French Revolution, an angry mob led by Georges Jacques Danton stormed and captured... | Anonymous | 53 | |
| Anecdotes | The Guardsman | Shortly after their appearance in MGM`s The Guardsman, Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were asked by a reporter... | Anonymous | 51 | |
| Anecdotes | Bowled Over | A People reporter once asked Billy Bob Thornton about his short-lived marriage to Melissa Lee Gatlin (his first of... | Anonymous | 49 | |
| Anecdotes | Cold Turkey | Mark Twain, an avid cigar smoker, tried to quit or cut back on several occasions. "To cease smoking is the easiest thing,"... | Anonymous | 47 | |
| Anecdotes | Charlie Chaplin: Magnificent | For his classic screen adaptation of Robin Hood (in 1922), Douglas Fairbanks built an incredible ten-acre set (by... | Anonymous | 41 |
