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For its annual Hollywood issue, Vanity Fair focused on the British invasion at this year’s Oscars where actors like Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones are nabbing nominations.

From Time • Feb. 4, 2015

"Aye, but Spain has got all of America, pretty near, and the French are nabbing the rest," said the pilot doubtfully.

From Days of the Discoverers by Choate, Florence