The most dramatic ceremony was in London's Westminster Abbey, where English kings and queens have been crowned for centuries.

WSJ: Thomas Fleming: An English Thanksgiving, 1942

Half a century after Beatlemania rocked the world, the once gritty English port has transformed itself into a giant emporium of Beatles-related sights, a dramatic turnaround from the 1980s when the only object memorialising the band was a modest statue in the city centre.

BBC: The Beatles�� Liverpool

This effort to open up, teach in English and then make use of an international mix of talents to galvanize innovation at home represents an even more dramatic shift.

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