Famously, the much smaller Greek army held the pass of Thermopylae against the Persians for three days before being outflanked by a mountain path.

Famously, the massively outnumbered Greek army held Thermopylae against the Persians army for six days in total, before being outflanked by a mountain path.

Famously, the massively outnumbered Greek army held Thermopylae against the Persian army for three days before being outflanked by the Persians, who used a little-known mountain path.

Famously, Sturges sold the story for The Great McGinty to Paramount Pictures for $ 1, in return for being allowed to direct the film ; the sum was quietly raised to $ 10 by the studio for legal reasons.

Famously during the time of Rhythm and Blues, WWF announcer Gorilla Monsoon would proclaim every time Valentine got on the microphone and sang that " if you hung The Hammer for being a good singer you would hang an innocent person ".

Famously, the victory of the Mercedes-Benz 300SL of Kling and Hans Klenk came despite the car being hit by a vulture in the windscreen.

Famously, Straus's 1982 win was a comeback after being down to a single $ 25 chip, supposedly the origin of the common tournament poker aphorism: " a chip and a chair.

Famously known for disturbing the peace with his vocals and his harmonium, he was always at loggerheads with his landlord, being a penniless ' singer '.

Famously, Machiavelli argued that virtue and prudence can help a man control more of his future, in the place of allowing fortune to do so.

An application: Famously and controversially, in the philosophy of the Greek Anaxagoras ( at least as it is discussed by the Roman Atomist Lucretius ), it was assumed that the atoms constituting a substance must themselves have the salient observed properties of that substance: so atoms of water would be wet, atoms of iron would be hard, atoms of wool would be soft, etc.

Famously, early versions of the Storyteller System sometimes made rolling botches ( critical failures ) more likely the higher your skill or attribute was, since a critical failure would occur if any of the dice came up as a " 1 "; the probability that at least one " 1 " will be rolled increases the more dice are rolled, and so highly-skilled characters would botch surprisingly frequently, whereas poorly-skilled characters could frequently get away scot-free.

Famously, he branded him with the nickname " cothurnus ", the name of a boot worn on the stage that could fit either foot ; Theramenes, he proclaimed, was ready to serve either the democratic or oligarchic cause, seeking only to further his own personal interest.

Famously, he created several versions of " The Log ", which was nothing more than a length of common 4x4 lumber with a bridge, guitar neck and pickup attached.

Famously, two spells also deal with the judgement of the deceased in the Weighing of the Heart ritual.

Famously, Baldwin and Hansberry met with Robert F. Kennedy, along with Kenneth Clark and Lena Horne, in an attempt to persuade Kennedy of the importance of civil rights legislation.

Famously, Hill adopted the colours and cap design of London Rowing Club for his racing helmet-dark blue with white oar-shaped tabs.

Famously, after assuming the title Emperor of India, British monarchs would follow their signatures with the initials RI, standing for rex imperator (" king-emperor ").

Famously, Montgomerie was left with only one shirt to play in during the Monday playoff, a dark tartan design, which did not help his cause in the very hot playing conditions.

On May 18, 2010, Souder announced he would resign from Congress effective Friday, May 21, after admitting to an affair with Tracy Meadows Jackson, a married female staffer .< REF NAME =" CILIZZA0518 "/> Famously, he and Ms. Jackson had made a public video in which they both extolled the virtues of abstinence.

Famously, the German High Command passed Garros ' Morane to the Fokker company – who already produced Morane type monoplanes for the German Air Service – with orders to copy the latest design.

Famously, any spare space on the line his comments occupied would be filled with exclamation marks, further emphasising his " sincerity.

It was one of three sitcom pilots aired by the CBC, along with Getting Along Famously and Hatching, Matching and Dispatching, as a viewer response poll.

Famously, Burgess became somewhat exasperated with the success of his poem, of which he was constantly reminded.

Famously, on 12 May 1894 and again on 20 February 1927, after dinner, Bullingdon members smashed almost all the glass of the lights and 468 windows in Peckwater Quad of Christ Church, along with the blinds and doors of the building.

Famously, Dias is credited for breaking the ice with the wary Tupiniquim on the beach by jumping into an impromptu joyful dance to the accompaniment of Tupi pipes.

Famously, Lewis Gilbert saw the play and immediately contacted the writer with a view to a screen transfer.

Famously in the decisive Third Test at Headingley he removed the off-spinner David Allen after he had taken three wickets to reduce Australia to 187 / 7, still 81 runs behind England.

Famously, he came within two minutes of picking up a winners ' medal in 1999, only to have his hopes dashed by Manchester United, who scored two last-minute goals in the final, after he was substituted in the 86th minute of play while the team was still leading 1 – 0.

Famously, in the 1845 Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin, crew members suffered from severe lead poisoning after three years of eating canned dog.

Famously married to Kabir Bedi from 1992 to 2005, retaining her married name after an amicable divorce, her first marriage was to food stylist Sunil Vijayakar.

Famously, radar was developed in the UK, Germany, and the United States during the same period.

Famously Plato argued against sophist thinkers such as Gorgias of Leontini, who held the physical world cannot be experienced except through language, this meant that for Gorgias the question of truth was dependent on aesthetic preferences or functional consequences.

Famously, this was mis-dated in Roman numerals as " 1468 ", thus apparently pre-dating Caxton.

Famously, he strung along the opposition and was expected to make his declaration of election in a broadcast on 7 September 1978.

Famously, when she was stepping out of her carriage one day, an Irish dustman exclaimed: " Love and bless you, my lady, let me light my pipe in your eyes!

Famously, Samuel Johnson claimed that A Tale of a Tub was a work of true genius ( in contrast to Gulliver's Travels where once one imagines " big people and little people " the rest is easy ) and too good to be Jonathan Swift's.

Famously a call to create a version of MacDraw for Intel machines was made in the introduction to Introduction to Algorithms

Famously his obituary in the journal of the Chemical Society ( of which he was a fellow ) discussed at length his skills and research but did not mention his other activity – the by then famous Bird's Custard.

Famously, he did not want to sell Claude Makélélé, as he felt he was too important to the team.

Famously, his ambulance was delayed en route to the hospital by Ranger fans who tried to turn the ambulance over.

Famously contrary to Chekhov's wishes, Stanislavski's version was, by and large, a tragedy.

Famously used by the " Mirror Universe " version of Star Trek character Spock, in the episode " Mirror, Mirror ", it was an easy way for audiences to tell " good " Spock from " evil " Spock ( though in truth the character, while more ruthlessly logical than his counterpart, is far from evil ).

Famously, one room of Llewelyn-Bowen's was decorated entirely in animal prints at the advice of the neighbours.

Famously, the audience, made up largely of members of the New York City fire and police departments ( and survivors of NYPD and FDNY personnel who were lost in the attacks ) sang the lyrics themselves until Etheridge's mic was restored.