Top Items About Moderation
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 | 545 | |
| 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 | 116 | |
| Anecdotes | Nuns Habit? | One day a young nun approached Saint Teresa and confessed to a plenitude of spiritual tribulations and terrible sins.... | Anonymous | 67 | |
| Anecdotes | Excessive Moderation? | The stress of the financial panic in 1907 took a severe toll on J. P. Morgan`s health. After organizing the financing for... | Anonymous | 57 | |
| 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 | 45 | |
| Anecdotes | George V? | During World War II, in an effort to cut down on the use of fuel, England`s King George VI issued a curious edict:... | Anonymous | 35 | |
| Anecdotes | Diogenes: Drinking Goblet | Diogenes once observed a child drinking from his cupped hands. "In the practice of moderation, a child has become my... | Anonymous | 31 | |
| Anecdotes | Rulon Gardner: Health Freak | "Between 1 and 8 p.m. one day," GQ`s Peter Richmond once recalled, "I watched [the Greco-Roman wrestler Rulon Gardner] | Anonymous | 28 |
