Word: casellati
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...vigorous campaign for the honor, arguing that the Expo would breathe life into the area's failing economy. But the city's devotees from around the world are convinced that if Venice wins, it will be lost. "The Expo would be a biblical disaster," says outgoing Mayor Antonio Casellati. "We would be signing the city's death sentence...
...final decision lies with the obscure B.I.E. The European Communities' Environment Commissioner Carlo Ripa di Meana, an Italian, has demanded full environmental studies, and says triumphantly that doubts about the Venice site are setting in: "It will finish in the paper basket." But outgoing Mayor Casellati is still worried. "I'm going off to sail in the lagoon," he says. "Before they destroy...
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