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...features from the 1990s, Moretti played the part of a Roman filmmaker named Nanni Moretti trying to make a movie. But La Stanza del Figlio did not figure the usual Nanni-esque protagonist - and in Il Caimano he even gave up the lead role, to Orlando. "I wanted to abandon that [self-referencing] persona," Moretti says. "Before that, there was me, me and me, with some other satellites around me." For the role of Berlusconi, Moretti spread the wealth: Italian star Michele Placido plays the part for a bit; a look-alike actor Elio De Capitani also takes...
...well determine whether the dispute over Iran's nuclear program can be defused before it escalates into a full-blown confrontation. The U.S. has largely ruled out direct engagement with Tehran, choosing instead to threaten Iran with action by the U.N. Security Council if the regime refuses to abandon its suspect nuclear activities. The Iranians, meanwhile, have repeatedly dismissed the Security Council and insisted on their right to enrich uranium, which can be used for peaceful purposes but is also the first step on the path to the Bomb. The U.S. says Tehran's obstinacy is reason to take punitive...
...soil, concrete and metal levees. Today there are 350 miles of those barricades snaking through the city and 22 massive pumping stations that are supposed to kick into action whenever the water sloshes over the walls. Having constructed that elaborate system, New Orleans was not inclined to abandon it. "The city built the levees to protect itself," says Craig Colten, L.S.U. geographer and author of the book An Unnatural Metropolis. "Now there's a huge investment in drainage...
...force employers and, to a degree, the law itself, to recognize that women must not be confined to just chores or childcare. The women of the ’90s and of today face a different but largely related problem: Women shouldn’t be forced to abandon maternity in order to find equity with men in the workplace...
...stop, tentatively named West Station, would be located near the turnpike ramps with the intention of reducing traffic by providing an incentive for people to abandon their cars before they enter the city. Band said the plan could be realized “fairly soon...