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The Fourth Vow, 1979
Getty Images In 2016, the Catholic Church honoured Mother Teresa, canonising her as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Anjezë Gonxhe...
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Lieutenant Dan, 1969
Getty Images Nothing seemed to get Forrest Gump down. The sky was blue and the gulls had invaded his boat in search of fry, and today...
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Ship’s Mate, 1929
Getty Images It’s not just that his colourful wings are pretty – my parrot, Luki, is as smart a beast as they come. He’s not some...
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Garofalo Pasta, 1929
Getty Images When Domenico first settled on the idea of making pasta for a living, he chose the city of Naples on the Italian coast...
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The Grandmother, 1952
Getty Images Somewhere in Naples, on the top floor of an apartment building, Luigi’s grandmother was making marinara sauce for her...
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Birds Landing, 1967
Getty Images The Marines of the 22nd Regiment were in South Vietnam, somewhere in the rainforest near the mountains of Saigon. They...
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A Suicidal Friend, 1987
Getty Images Martin Riggs was racked with grief. He had been devastated by the recent and premature death of his wife. One tragic car...
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Clark Kent, 1978
Getty Images Superman, the son of Jor-El, known to his fellow Daily Planet reporters and citizens of Metropolis as Clark Kent, had...
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The Casanova, 1938
Getty Images The arrest had sent a shiver down America’s spine, and horrified Frank Sinatra’s fans. To understand the circumstances...
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Like a Box of Chocolates, 1983
Getty Images “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get,” Forrest Gump’s mother used to say. He repeated...
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Superman, 1982
Getty Images Faraway from earth, on the other side of the universe, the planet Krypton was about to explode. Jor-El could not allow...
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The Fishmongers of Yarmouth, 1936
Getty Images Since time immemorial, herring have been abundant in the icy-cold waters around Nova Scotia. This morning a pale,...
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The Made Man, 1929
Getty Images Salvatore Maranzano had been a pious and well-behaved child. He had studied the teachings of the church with discipline....
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A Final Kiss, 1942
Getty Images London was ablaze, and blood had been spilled in her streets. But the capital of the kingdom, and the Empire, would...
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Not for anything in the world, 1972
Getty Images It’s this cigarette, this one right here – the first one you light up in the morning. I’ll never give it up, not for...
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Born on Martyr’s Hill, 1935
Getty Images Odette and Roger had been running the Café Gourmand since the end of the Great War. Another was taking shape on the...
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Ghost Writer, 1946
Getty Images In Paris, Jean d’Halluin had just founded Scorpion Publishing. The editor was proud of his new agency, and had grand...
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The V2 Rocket, 1950
Getty Images Werner von Braun was only twenty years old when he joined the Third Reich’s rocket development program. He was a proud...
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I'm a Star, 1954
Getty Images The new Boeing 377 Stratocruiser had just landed in Tokyo, and two of its VIP passengers were about to begin their...
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Benjamin Cooper, 1960
Getty Images “Benjamin Cooper” – ever heard that name before? Ring any bells? Probably not, I guess. But there’s a good story behind...
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