Top Items About Independence

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TriviaYoung Americans no longer inherit their parents' political views

Young American voters no longer inherit their parents' political loyalties.

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AnecdotesDiogenes - Lentils

The hedonistic philosopher Aristippus won a comfortable sinecure at the court of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse. One...

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AnecdotesRichard Branson on his independence

Richard Branson: "My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four she stopped the car a few miles from...

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AnecdotesRichard Branson on his independence

Richard Branson: "My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four she stopped the car a few miles from...

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AnecdotesJohn Ford: Maverick Director

Legendary director John Ford, who strongly resented studio interference, was visited on the set of a Western one day by a...

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TriviaSpoof news flash in Belgium

When they vote [in Belgium], as they did on June 10th 2007, they do so along linguistic lines, the French-speaking...

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AnecdotesAlbert Einstein: Stroke of Genius?

Though Albert Einstein became a passionate Zionist (partly in response to Germany`s growing anti-Semitism) he also...

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AnecdotesAlexander Mackenzie & the Queen

Canadian prime minister Alexander Mackenzie (who once told Benjamin Disraeli that Canadians "were all but ruined from...

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