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ITALY. Senator Umberto Bossi, a onetime leftist, hit the big time in the spring of 1990 when his ultra-conservative Lombard League won enough votes in industrial northern Italy to become the second biggest party in the region. As leftist views have gone out of style, discontented voters are turning to the right to express their bitter disaffection with the government in Rome. In a November election in the city of Brescia, the league polled 24.4% to edge out the Christian Democrats for No. 1. In the next general elections, which could come as early as this spring, the league...
...loudspeakers. Today giant speakers are relegated to the sides of the stage or suspended from the proscenium. "Half the concerts are quieter on the stage than anywhere else in the house," notes Flansburgh. Many rockers now sport protective gear during practice sessions and even during performances. Saxophonist Benjamin Bossi of the Ordinaires, a New York City- based band, dons headphones before concerts. Fred Schneider, vocalist for the B-52's, stuffs tissue into his ears. Rock Promoter Bill Graham, who is shepherding the current Amnesty International tour, keeps vats of earplugs available for everyone from security guards to roadies...
...like the Cameroons team," said Arnold L. Bossi of Cape Cod, adding. "They're just crazy like kids out having a wonderful time for 90 minutes. They're the most imaginative--and launch lightning attacks you couldn't begin to block, like Brazil used...
...panel through customs at Logan Airport, probably in his briefcase or under his coat. Meanwhile, the Italian government -piqued at the loss of a documented national treasure-began an investigation. It concluded that the Raphael came to the U.S., directly or indirectly, through an Italian art dealer, Ildebrando Bossi, who died a month ago. Italy's leading art investigator, Rodolfo Siviero, asserts that Bossi bought it "for a very small sum" in 1947 from the aristocratic Fieschi family in Genoa. At the time of his death, Bossi was under indictment for selling the national treasure and exporting it illegally...
...naturalized U. S. citizen of 49, dark-eyed Enea Bossi was a pioneer pilot in Italy, taught famed Giuseppe Bellanca how to fly. Later he designed many successful ships, fought in the War, where he knew Corporal Benito Mussolini fairly well. Said Enea Bossi last week: "He's a big fella now. I've only seen him twice since he got to be a big fella...