Word: carlos
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...thought of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. But the influential prelate, then head of the Vatican's office for internal doctrinal matters, clearly had a forceful opinion. Soon after the bombs fell on Baghdad, the topic came up in April 2003 as Ratzinger talked with fellow Cardinals Carlo Maria Martini of Italy and Paul Poupard of France at an intimate Vatican diplomatic reception. A Church official present that evening remembers the typically soft-spoken German shaking his fists, and blurting out in Italian: "Basta! Basta!" Enough! Enough...
...Italy of the '70s and '80s seems to have offered even less in the way of speed, unless the turnover rate of its governments counts. By showcasing the equipment used by Carlo Rubbia, the exhibition provides an interesting - though less than pertinent - reminder that Italy has produced a Nobel-winning particle physicist. And the bulky fax machines, computers and cell phones featured from the 1980s seem largely irrelevant...
...humble, often recycled materials while the latter marked a return to painting after it fell out of fashion during the postmodern art movements of the '60s and '70s. And surely it is no mere cultural accident that Italy's biggest recent contribution to the international Zeitgeist is Carlo Petrini's Slow Food movement...
...such experiments as his 1982 musical, One from the Heart. Though there were bright spots, like The Outsiders and Peggy Sue Got Married, most of Coppola's studio pictures during this time left the director and his fans unfulfilled. In 1986 Coppola's 22-year-old son Gian-Carlo died in a boating accident. "When you lose your kid, it's the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning for about seven or eight years. Then there's the first morning when that's not the first thing you think of. You get brave...
...writer Paolo Marchi four years ago, has become the pre-eminent event for avant-garde chefs: Heston Blumenthal of the Fat Duck in Bray, England; Andoni Luis Aduriz of Mugaritz in Spain's Basque country and the ubiquitous Ferran Adrià of El Bulli in Spain have already confirmed. Carlo Cracco of Cracco-Peck is one of several daring Milanese chefs showcased at the fair, which will also offer workshops on bread, pizza and Italian patisserie. Top local restaurants offer special degustazione menus of both ultramodern and traditional Milanese dishes. www.identitagolose.it...