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Wrong: The Biggest Missteps and Miscalculations Ever Made by People Who Should Have Known Better
Wrong The Biggest Missteps and Miscalculations Ever Made by People Who Should Have Known Better Author:Jane O'Boyle Anyone who's ever felt chagrined after making a big, embarrassing mistake will appreciate Wrong!--a collection of laugh-out-loud blunders, bad predictions, and bad ideas from some very smart and successful people. For example: — "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." (Thomas Watson, IBM chairman, 1943) — "I'm just glad it'll b... more »e Clark Gable who's falling on his face, and not Gary Cooper." (Gary Cooper, on turning down the role of Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind)
"The band's OK, but if I were you I'd get rid of the singer with the tiretread lips." (BBC radio producer on rejecting the Rolling Stones at a 1963 audition)
Organized by category (e.g., Music and Movies, Technology, Business, etc.), Wrong! reminds readers that even the best and brightest among us are not immune to screwups and moments of bad judgment.« less