Word: cups
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...very different Italy was through an unlikely source. Italians are a diverse lot, but they are unified by a common national obsession. From Parma to Pisa they worship the game of soccer. And in the summer of 1982 their obsession intensified with the playing of the quadrennial World Cup championships (il Mondial) in Spain in June and July...
...with which the Italians approached the game of soccer is difficult for the North American mentality to grasp. This observer had a swift introduction. On a sunny Monday afternoon early in July Italy's beloved Azzuri (a name derived from the team's uniforms) squared off against the World Cup tournament favorite--Brazil--in the quarterfinals. Propelled by striker Paolo Rossi's three goals, the underdog Italians through sheer tenacity somehow upset Brazil...
...climax came Sunday. Matched against West Germany and their superstar halfback Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Italy was in the finals for the first time since 1970. It had been 44 long years since the Azzuri had won the World Cup...
...crowded living room in the heart of Turin, Italy, thirty-odd family members, one American, and assorted family pets intently watched a single television screen, beaming the World Cup final live from Madrid...
...Queen never travels without cases of Malvern spring water from the hills of Worcestershire, a monogrammed electric kettle for the royal cup of China tea, her own kid lavatory seat and an attache case filled with the homeopathic remedies that her granny reared her on. An ever present handbag (she would sooner go outside without shoes than leave it be hind) is her security blanket: it gives her something to do with her hands and holds her glasses and makeup...