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THE famous broadcaster and journalist Alistair Cooke was frequently stopped in the street by people asking: “Are you who I think you are?”

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He worked out a stock answer: “Yes, I’m Bob Hope.”

One day standing on the steps of a very big building a frail old lady approached him.

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