They famously took control of, and were evicted from, a mansion at 144 Piccadilly in 1969, in a high-profile Metropolitan Police operation.

"Tiny Alice" famously revels in taking its plot way over the top.

He famously took I.B.M. from a hidebound behemoth on the brink of collapse to a model of corporate revival.

Mr. Steinbrenner, though, famously took Billy Martin back as manager after he quit in 1978 - only to fire him four times after that.

Newt famously took a week off for a cruise off the coast of Greece as the GOP presidential campaign got underway.

At the height of his fame, in the late 60's, he famously took himself off the road for almost seven years to raise a family in something approximating peace.

Ronald Reagan, much to the outrage of serious gardeners, famously took an opposite approach.

Loveless famously took an eternity to record, bankrupting label boss Alan McGee in the process.

This famously upscale party takes place in a beachside mansion.

On the ending of the war, he famously took the surrender of Japanese forces in Bangkok more or less single-handedly.