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4 days ago · A 1960 LIFE story carried the headline “ Lovely Land Too Far Away.” The story was about the country of New Zealand, which is distant to everyone living in America, but must have seemed …

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Destinations Latest destinations Cowboy Life in the Australian Outback destinations Meet Peter, the Pelican Mascot of Mykonos destinations Dmitri Kessel’s Images of Italy, 1948 destinations An Early …

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arts & entertainment LIFE’s Favorite Vintage Surfing Photos arts & entertainment The Glamorous Anita Ekberg in LIFE arts & entertainment Did You Know Casablanca Was Also a TV Show? arts & …

s Walter Sanders Eric Schaal David E. Scherman Joe Scherschel Frank Scherschel Paul Schutzer John Shearer Sam Shere William C. Shrout George Silk George Skadding W. Eugene Smith Ian Smith …

The following is from the introduction to LIFE’s special tribute issue, Jimmy Carter: A Noble Life, which is available online and at newsstands. When James Earl Carter died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on …

As a weekly magazine LIFE covered it all, with a breadth and open-mindedness that looks especially astounding today, when publications and websites tailor their coverage to ever-narrowing audiences. …