4 When it comes to stories pitting the underdog against the powerful, all of them pall compared with Mickey versus Dumbo. We've got to stop telling it.
Stories
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4 If William Emery Nickerson had achieved success in another industry, he'd be an industrial hero. Instead, he doesn't even have a Wikipedia page.
Tales From The Cutting Edge
10 I wish my mother could have met ad man Robert L. May. After what he accomplished, maybe she'd have approved of my decision to go into advertising.
Widely Red
10 Annie Edson Taylor wasn't your average daredevil. She was a widow who feared taking the plunge into poverty more than she feared a plunge over Niagara Falls.
Taking The Falls
Days after the first televised debate between Kennedy and Nixon, 282 strangers created our country's largest political falsehood by answering their telephones.
The Kennedy-Nixon Debate: A Political Fairy Tale
6 Did Orson Welles' radio broadcast of “War of the Worlds” touch off widespread panic? The fact is, that story is as unlikely as a Martian invasion.