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 * ...that New York Journal cartoonist and illustrator Nell Brinkley created the "Brinkley Girl" (pictured) an iconic representation of independent working women popular in the early 20th century?
 * ...that Selvarajah Rajivarnam was the fourth journalist to be killed on April 29, during the last three years of the Sri Lankan civil war?
 * ...that Time predicted 1973 to be a "gilt-edged year" for the stock market, just three days before the stock market crash of 1973–4 began, wiping 45% off the value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

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