Sentences with phrase «apocryphal story about»

Undoubtedly, in the wake of the UNEP initiative, the Internet will once again be flooded with the apocryphal story about the Maine homeowner who was told that she needed a hazardous waste company to come and remove her broken compact fluorescent from her living room.

«On a regular basis, the Coalition wheels out apocryphal stories about health and safety for the amusement and entertainment of the public.

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In a perhaps apocryphal story, Adolph Hitler recalled to his General Staff in 1939 the amnesty that outside powers gave to the Turkish officials who massacred over one million Armenians nearly a quarter century earlier, quipping «Who after all is today speaking about the destruction of the Armenians?»

There is an apocryphal story told about some of the followers of Rene Descartes, who, on the banks of the Seine River in Paris, would nail dogs to wooden boards, cut them open, and watch them bark and writhe.

Among the stories, many no doubt apocryphal, told about George Bernard Shaw is one in which the dancer Isadora Duncan suggests to Shaw that they should have a baby, saying, «Think of a child with my body and your mind.»

Only the apocryphal tale about a young George Washington seemed to inspire the kids to admit to peeking: Children who heard the tale in which the future first president is praised for confessing his transgression were three times more likely to tell the truth than their peers who heard other stories.

It's so big that (possibly apocryphal) stories have popped up about the government forcing publisher Square Enix to only release new games in the series on Saturdays, to avoid obsessed gamers skipping out on school and work to stand in line at a store.

The title of this post comes from a (probably apocryphal) story about Oliver Cromwell asking to have his portrait painted without any of the flattering techniques of portraits of the time — he wanted to be shown as he really looked, «warts and all».

Over the years I've written about personal finance, the apocryphal tale of the Mexican fisherman is the story that most resonates with me.

On the strength of this (possibly apocryphal) story alone, I was excited about the Royal Academy's Cornell retrospective (until 27 September)-- the first in this country since the 1970s; I have only ever seen the travel - fixated recluse's works in reproduction.

Stop worrying about the civil war in South Sudan, the wildfires in California, the apocryphal stories told by Donald Trump.

Apparently that story about the paintings being put down on the studio floor and walked on was not apocryphal.

There are numerous stories about the origin of Murphy's Law, each almost certainly apocryphal.

I think following story isn't entirely apocryphal, though I don't now recall who told me about it.