Anecdote (3745 bytes)
1: ...eir primary purpose is not to evoke laughter. An anecdote is in the tradition of both the [[parable]] and [...
3: ...f the [[Byzantine]] court. Gradually, the term ''anecdote'' came to be applied to any short tale utilized t...
5: As a rule, biographical anecdotes are considered too [[trivial]] or [[apocrypha|ap...
7: ...ories told in organisations and the collection of anecdotes from people in an organisation can be used to be...
19: A more sophisticated anecdote concerns [[Sidney Morgenbesser]], [[Professor]] E...

Chess-related deaths (1526 bytes)
1: ...layers involved. The reliability of many of these anecdotes is suspect, but at least some appear to be based...
3: ...one of his rooks and killed him on the spot. This anecdote is repeated in another Bavarian Chronicle, and in...

Wellington Koo (340 bytes)
7: ...am.net/humor-archive/2000-Jul/msg00012.html Funny anecdote]

Turtles all the way down (3181 bytes)
1: ... ''[[A Brief History of Time]]'' starts with an [[anecdote]] about an encounter between a scientist and an "...
10: The anecdote in this form has achieved the status of an [[urba...
12: An earlier published version of this anecdote is found in an essay by [[Clifford Geertz]], "Thi...
16: In the [[urban legend]] version, the anecdote is of a confrontation between a scientist and a l...
18: ...e anecdote serves the different uses to which the anecdote is put. For Hawking, the turtle myth is one of t...

Damocles (2347 bytes)
1: ... of Damocles,'' 1812, the pretty boys of Cicero's anecdote have been changed to maidens for a [[neoclassical...
2: ...ocles''' is a figure featured in a single moral [[anecdote]] which was a late addition to classical Greek cu...
4: ...o [[legend]] rather than [[Greek mythology]]. The anecdote apparently figured in the lost history of [[Sicil...

Russian humour (2447 bytes)
7: == Anecdote ==
15: Drinking toasts can take the form of anecdotes or not-so-short stories, concluded with "So here...

Samowar (539 bytes)
5: ...e from Detmold offer satirical texts as well as [[anecdote]]s and [[caricature]]s to the readers every month...

'Galway' Joe Dolan (507 bytes)
1: ...n the [[Six Day War]] in the [[Middle East]]. One anecdote says his was killed there, though another more re...

Roger Bannister (2630 bytes)
16: == Training anecdote ==

HMS Cobra (545 bytes)
4: ... total number drowned was thus sixty-seven. [This anecdote is a quote from a contemporary,Portsmouth newspap...

Abilene paradox (2485 bytes)
1: ... on Management.'' The paradox name comes from an anecdote in the book that Harvey uses to illustrate the na...
11: This anecdote was also made into a short film for [[management]...

Leo Rosten (695 bytes)
1: ...o Jewish culture (as well as a great source for [[anecdote]]s and [[Jewish humour]]).

Letter from America (905 bytes)
3: ...ing together different strands of observation and anecdote. He always ended on a humourous note.

Toyetic (780 bytes)
3: ...ird Kind]]'' sounded great, but not toyetic. The anecdote appeared in print in a [[Washington Post]] articl...

Nana Phadnavis (828 bytes)
1: ... [[Maratha empire]] in the [[18th century]]. An [[anecdote]] ([http://learning.indiatimes.com/gobble/quiz/ma...

Orbit (the anthology series) (765 bytes)
4: ...re some nonfictional critical writing or humorous anecdote-gathering by Knight. Inspired by [[Frederik Pohl...

Kup (985 bytes)
7: He has an anecdote for every situation, except for the one in which ...

Story (1089 bytes)
9: ** An [[anecdote]].

The Physiologus (1123 bytes)
5: ...ted or avoided. Each animal was described, and an anecdote followed, together with the moral and symbolic qu...

Surprised by Joy (1002 bytes)
1: .... That is not to say that the book is completely anecdote-free. On the contrary, Lewis possesses a unique ...

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