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Jun 14 2009, Sijo Joseph

Advertisers are all set to bank on the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon. They have sensed the value of a ‘commercial commemoration’ of this event and an opportunity to bask in ‘moonlit’ glory. The..

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John Filo, the photographer who captured the aftermath of the May 4, 1970, shootings of students by Ohio National Guardsmen on the campus of Kent State University, hugs Mary Ann Vecchio, the young woman featured in his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph,..