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The story I remember is that at the time she worked for Mars (developing the Mars ice cream), so one of the tabloids had the headline:

"Woman from Mars goes to space!"

Peak British journalism.

No, that was "Foot heads arms body", when Michael Foot became the chair of CND.

TBF, that pun was to good to pass up. Although (after looking up the CND) "Foot heads no-arms body" would have been more correct (and maybe even funnier, depending on your sense of humour)...

EDIT: looks like this is one of the most well-known headlines that was never actually used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foot#%22Foot_Heads_Arm...

If you'd like a real one, try the occasion in 2000 of Caledonian Thistle beating Celtic 3-1, sparking the headline SUPER CALEY GO BALLISTIC, CELTIC ARE ATROCIOUS

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