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Could this be what it felt like for Alice when she went through the looking glass? The elevator that transports guests down to Bel Canto provides a surreal start to an evening in London's first lyrical dining room - the elevator carriage resembles a shrunken La Fenice, Venice's gorgeous opera house. Downstairs in the plush velvet-and-gilt dining room, which convincingly resembles an opera box, dimensions are restored to conventional expectations. The service, however, goes beyond them. Not only are the waiting staff attentive and swift, but all of them boast voices so utterly pure and transforming that...
...respond to questions about performance-enhancing-drug use? Russell Granruth, BEL...
Amid all the images of rubble and heartbreak from Italy's worst earthquake in decades, the nation's nickname, bel paese (beautiful country), strikes a bittersweet chord. On Tuesday, the aesthetic was one of both gloom and determination as the scale of destruction came more fully into focus. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi received additional calls of condolences and offers of support from world leaders, though he made a point of stating that Italy was equipped to respond to the crisis on its own. Berlusconi said he got an offer of help from President Obama, and the Italian leader suggested that...
...often been left in limbo for years, with unfulfilled government promises of reconstruction. The sight of new homes built for those who lost theirs in the L'Aquila quake - even if they might not have the charm of those destroyed - would add a different kind of beauty to the bel paese...
...panelists. The luncheon featured Ali, who is the CEO of HazraH Entertainment—an independent film company specializing in urban entertainment, according to its Web site. She is best known for her role as Ashley Banks on the popular 1990s sitcom, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” A few students have secured internships and full-time jobs through previous conferences, according to the event’s organizers, who pointed to Christina S. Wells ’08 as one such example. Attending this year’s conference to support her current...