Top Items About Rhetoric
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| Trivia | America's Climate Security Act includes something for everyone | John Warner and the bill`s co-author, Joe Lieberman, an estranged Democrat, have included something for almost everyone... | root | 142 | |
| 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 | Finger of God | "The nineteenth century produced great preachers in Wales, some of whom are remembered to this day. John Elias was one such. | Anonymous | 40 | |
| Anecdotes | The Burbs | Joseph Choate once opposed an attorney from Westchester County (a wealthy residential area north of New York City) in... | Anonymous | 36 | |
| Anecdotes | Grand Appetite | One evening shortly after his debut in "South Pacific" Ezio Pinza, the show`s star performer, visited his... | Anonymous | 32 | |
| Anecdotes | Featherless Biped | Plato once defined man as a "featherless biped". When the philosopher Diogenes heard about Plato`s definition, he... | Anonymous | 31 | |
| Anecdotes | Disraeli`s Maiden Speech | When Benjamin Disraeli delivered his maiden speech - a brilliant retort to his old adversary, Daniel O`Connell - before... | Anonymous | 28 | |
| Anecdotes | Anecdote about Rhetoric, Surprises and Props | Ian McKellen once saw Ronald Reagan speak at a celebration honoring Shakespeare`s birthday: `He was very moving. He held... | Anonymous | 27 | |
| Anecdotes | Dwight Eisenhower: Commencement Address | General Dwight Eisenhower was once called upon to address a graduating class at an Ivy League university. "Your business,"... | Anonymous | 26 | |
| Anecdotes | Vespasienne | Endeavoring to restore the Roman state to solvency, Vespasian imposed taxes on many commodities, among them the use of... | Anonymous | 26 |
