Word: capri
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...centuries, dreamers as disparate In time and temperament as Rome's Emperor Augustus and Sweden's Author-Doctor Axel Munthe found Italy's idyllic Isle of Capri a perfect spot in which to get away from it all. Augustus' misanthropic successor Tiberius found the island's solitude so inspiring that he often invited tedious friends out to the imperial villa for the weekend, only to push them off a cliff as soon as they arrived. The only thing Capri lacked was a supply of fresh water. Rain water, collected in cisterns, had to suffice Augustus...
...recent years, bellwethered by Britain's literary leprechaun, the late Norman (South Wind) Douglas, many more bored people from the hectic capitals of the world have sought to get away from it all on Capri. They have succeeded only in bringing it all with them. Lavish hotels, boites and bistros, now abound on the island. Tree-lined walks that once soothed lonely philosophers have turned into a midway featuring the most expensive and expendable freaks on earth. Black velvet bullfighters' pants, a strapless bra, a conical hat seemingly made of macaroni, and masses of straw junk-jewelry...
...keep all this fashionably exposed flesh clean, Capri's hostelers must still import fresh bath water by tankers from Naples. The hauling contract has proved to be a gold mine: a cubic meter of water costing 4 lire at Naples sells for 300 lire on Capri. The old adage that "wine is cheaper than water in Capri," is truer than ever...
...table man chanted: "Here he goes for line bets . . . Pay the line . . . Shooting ten, ten's the point . . . No roll, no roll." One of the bettors crowding around the Capri Club dice table was a tall, dark-haired man named Donald Loughnane, who was in the midst of a three-month tour of the illegal gambling joints and after-hours drinking places in and around Omaha, Neb. But Loughnane was no playboy. He was a reporter-announcer for Omaha's station KOWH, and his method of reporting seemed straight out of Dick Tracy: hidden in his wristwatch...
...seats) chapel is just as unusual: a simple cylinder of brick or stone that belongs to no century and looks somewhat like an oil storage tank. Since there are no windows, Architect Saarinen has set it on arches in a moat to get a dappled light effect something like Capri's Blue Grotto. The altar is near the wall, dramatically spotlighted from a small bell tower in the ceiling. Outside, to tie the whole project together, Architect Saarinen has designed a majestic plaza set with a mosaic of colored stones, possibly pink, grey and blue triangles...