He and three friends noticed a photograph of Arthur Conan Doyle in a local pub and, thinking it sad the area was not more celebrated for the famous connection, set up a small group to rectify matters.

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At the end of the street where I live in the Latin Quarter of the Parisian Left Bank, there is an exquisite botanical garden, the world famous Jardin des Plantes, rightly celebrated by the French as the home of botany.

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In one of the most celebrated cases of borrowing in recent years, the famous scene in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables, when a baby carriage bumps its way down a staircase - itself a nod to Eisenstein's Battle-ship Potemkin - was reproduced in its entirety in N.

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Management by wandering around was made famous 30 years ago by In Search of Excellence, the book that celebrated the leadership and innovation of entrepreneurs like Bill Hewlett and David Packard.

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She famously celebrated by ripping off her shirt and revealing what would become the most famous bra in history.

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South Africans celebrated his 94th birthday in July by participating in good deeds nationwide to honor the legacy of the famous statesman.

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