Jun 1, 2020
On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister, a 25-year-old medical student, worked his usual morning shift at St. Mary’s Hospital and took an afternoon train from Paddington Station to Oxford in preparation for a one-mile race against Oxford University. For nearly a decade up...
Jan 27, 2020
In 2018, Germany—the reigning World Cup champions—were tipped to win and retain the biggest prize in the game of football. The German football team had a reliable track record of World Cup success since the 1930s: four-time winners, second and third place finishes...
Jan 20, 2020
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Japan, which would eventually bring World War II to a close. A month later, a major newspaper called the Plain Dealer, announced a contest on its front page for a prize money of $100 in war...
Aug 12, 2019
In 1979, Howard Putnam, CEO of Southwest Airlines at the time, faced a complex problem and a difficult decision on the new direction to steer his company. [1] The deregulation act passed in 1978 opened the gates for a flood of new competitors in the airline industry,...
Jul 1, 2019
In 2011, Mina Cikara, a social psychologist at Harvard University, recruited 18 hardcore baseball fans who supported either the Red Sox or Yankees—arguably the fiercest rivalry in American sports. 1 Cikara, Mina; Botvinick, Matthew M.; Fiske, Susan T. (2011-03-01)....
Jan 28, 2019
It’s easy to get carried away with the never-ending search for the perfect plan to achieve our goals. Whether we’re looking for the best diet plan to lose weight, the perfect idea for a book, or project, the best business strategies and so on, the pursuit of...