Word: alberto
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...Dolce & Gabbana flagship store on Via della Spiga, the mood is frantic, with shoppers young and old slapping down credit cards for the label's signature $2,900 pin-striped pantsuits and $3,500 fur-trimmed coats. It seems there are not enough salespeople to handle the traffic, so Alberto Addis, the store's visual merchandiser, is lending a hand, greeting two women who have wandered past the acres of shiny black-glass walls and Murano-glass chandeliers into the leopard-print VIP room. They're in search of a $23,200 shimmering Swarovski crystal?covered dress that's been...
Another excellent, lesser-known jewel in Madrid is a Spanish-Asian fusion place, Nodo. Order a gazpacho here, and you won't get the dressed-up salsa so common in the U.S. Chef Alberto Chicote serves a delicate peach-colored purée, close to a sorbet, poured at the table from an Asian kettle and served in a bowl of ice. The raw tuna tataki in garlic-and-almond sauce featured soft, subtle flavors; a heaping portion of medallions of roast suckling pig, accompanied by caramelized onions, was sweet and succulent...
...ARRESTED. ALBERTO FUJIMORI, 67, former Peruvian President; after five years of exile in Japan, where he fled as his 10-year rule collapsed in scandal in 2000; in Santiago, Chile. Fujimori, who faces extradition to Peru on charges of corruption and sanctioning death squads, has announced his intention to seek re-election as President of his home country in April, despite being barred from holding office until...
ARRESTED. ALBERTO FUJIMORI, 67, fugitive ex-President of Peru, still popular among some for leading an early 1990s economic rebound; as he attempted to return to the country to seek re-election in defiance of an international arrest warrant; after five years in exile in Japan, where he is a citizen thanks to his Japanese-born emigrant parents; in Santiago, Chile. Fujimori faces up to 55 years in jail and $29 million in fines for alleged corruption and sanctioning of death squads during his 10-year rule...
...were touted back in September-California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown and federal appeals court judges Michael Luttig, Michael McConnell, and Edith Jones will all get reviewed again. It's hard to see why Bush would anger the conservative base for a second time by offering Attorney General Alberto Gonzales...