Word: 18th
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...latest of more than 2,500 business leaders and politicians to be implicated in Italy's omnivorous corruption scandal. But having lost his empire, his power and now his honor, the thought of a prison cell was apparently too much for him. Lying on a bed in his 18th century Milan palazzo two weeks ago, just hours before he would have been arrested, Gardini pressed a pistol to his temple and fired...
...Sample 18th century ship fare, admission $3-$6, under 5 free...
...recreated 18th-century regimental band plays music of the early republic...
...18th round draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays, Morgan signed a deal for an undisclosed amount and has reported to the team's affiliate in the town of Medicine Hat in Alberta, Canada. Morgan now plays in the Pioneer League, a level exclusively for rookies...
...slice it, the 45th Venice Biennale of contemporary art, which opened to the public last week, is a failure. The more interesting parts of it tend to be the peripheral shows -- a fine homage to Francis Bacon installed in the 18th century rooms of the Museo Correr, on St. Mark's Square, and some multimedia pieces by filmmaker Peter Greenaway and stage designer Robert Wilson in a section called "Slittamenti," or "Trans-Actions." But as survey and analysis, this Biennale is quite incoherent and achieves the near impossible feat of making what still passes for "radical" creation look even weaker...