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The following is from the introduction to LIFE’s special tribute issue, Jimmy Carter: A Noble Life, which is available online and at newsstands.

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When Betty Grable was profiled in the June 7, 1943, issue of LIFE, she shared headline status with another entity: her own legs, which the magazine dubbed a “major Hollywood landmark.”

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LIFE pays tribute to Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, and recalls the controversy around their May 29, 1953, first ascent of Everest.