In a 1992 letter to Canadian humorist John Robert Colombo, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke recounts it thus: While lunching with friends at a restaurant (variously identified as Luchow's or The Algonquin), Hemingway bets the table ten dollars each that he can craft an entire story in six words.
John F. Kennedy | Pope John Paul II | Elton John | John | John Lennon | Colombo | John Wayne | John McCain | Robert Louis Stevenson | John Kerry | John Cage | Robert De Niro | Olivia Newton-John | John Williams | Robert E. Lee | John Peel | John Adams | John Steinbeck | John Travolta | John Milton | John Zorn | Robert Mugabe | John Marshall | John Howard | Robert Redford | John Singer Sargent | Robert Burns | Robert Bosch GmbH | John Ruskin | Robert |
Established and edited by Robert Weaver, other figures associated with the magazine's editorial staff included Anne Wilkinson, William Toye and John Robert Colombo.