Word: brava
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unrelated case, police discovered Europe's largest-ever stash of hash in a cave near the Costa Brava resort of Lloret de Mar. Air-conditioners and humidifiers maintained the hashish's high quality, and refrigerated trucks took the product to market in France, Britain and West Germany. The operation, police said, was run by Jacques Cannavaggio, a French citizen...
This down-to-earth Piedmontese, it is readily apparent, defines himself exclusively by his work. The projects he describes are all outsize and difficult. "They never find oil in great places, say at San Remo or on the Costa Brava," is the way he begins a yarn about an offshore drilling rig in Alaska. The 250-meter tower was constructed horizontally on land, then towed out through cold, leaden seas and righted on site by flooding chambers at the base. On paper the task seemed simple; in practice it required judgment, skill and luck that almost defy imagination. Some Third...
Well, no. But as the curtain went up a stir in the back of the first balcony proved almost as dramatic. At a cry of "Bravo!"-"Brava!" would have been more correct-20 men and women bared their chests and held up candles, lighters and flashlights so that their fellow opera lovers in the audience of 2,360 could catch their act. All were members of an antiordinance group called MASH (Memphians Against Social Harassment), formed last month by Memphis Restaurateur Paul Savarin to combat MAD (Memphians Against Degeneracy), the pro-ordinance lobby. Rudi E. Scheidt, president of the Memphis...