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Rome-ing Heart. Rome Cavalieri, part of the Waldorf-Astoria collection of luxury hotels, brings out the big guns. Dazzle your opera-loving sweetheart with a private in-room performance by a tenor, followed by a ride in a vintage Rolls-Royce Silver Spur, a bottle of Dom Perignon Rosé, red roses and a gift from Tiffany's. At $1,290 per night, all this glamour doesn't come cheap. But, hey, your 401(k) isn't going to buy you much in 20 years anyway. Via Alberto Cadlolo 101, +39-06-3509-1 (See 10 things...
...Dissonant though it may be, on June 26, the environmental committee of Spain's lower house of parliament approved a resolution supporting the Great Ape Project, an organization and manifesto founded by ethicists Peter Singer and Paola Cavalieri, which argues that three essential human rights - life, liberty and freedom from physical and psychological torture - should be extended to our closest hominid relatives. Joan Herrera, congressman for the Catalan Green Initiative party, justified the measure before parliament, saying that the primates "are capable of recognizing themselves, and have cognitive capabilities...
Mercifully, there were some concessions to the 21st century. Our gladiatorial boot camp took place in a sumptuous private room at the Rome Cavalieri Hilton, where the only lions on hand were made of marble. We dressed for the part in crimson tunics with rope belts and the kind of strappy sandals that were the height of fashion in the year A.D. 1. The Cavalieri Hilton has the footwear handmade...
...Rome, reserve for lunch or risk going hungry. Everyone I've sent to the enoteca (wine bar) lunch spot Bleve (Via Santa Maria del Pianto) or the more elaborate Costanza (Piazza del Paradiso) has been forever grateful. On a grander scale, for dinner, there is the multistarred La Pergola (Cavalieri Hilton, Via Cadlolo 101), where Heinz Beck provides a gastronomic feast while diners overlook the city in all its splendor...
...That Championship Season, of a heart attack; in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The play is based on Miller's experiences on his high-school basketball team, but he is perhaps best remembered for his Oscar-nominated performance as Father Damien Karras in the classic 1973 horror film The Exorcist. DIED. BRUNO CAVALIERI DUCATI, 96, architect, author, and last surviving founder of the motorcycle company that bears his name; in Ispra, Italy. DIED. PERRY COMO,88, causal crooner whose career in show business spanned six decades; in Jupiter, Florida. (See Eulogy) DIED. R.K. NARAYAN, 94, prolific novelist and author of short stories that...