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...After those aspirations were finally extinguished with the fall of Benito Mussolini in 1943, post-war Italy used the Marshall Plan's funds to exploit its creative talent to the full. Iconic designs include the Cisitalia 202 Gran Sport, a 1947 automobile whose svelte curves were emblematic of the epoch's streamlined aesthetic; and Piaggia's Vespa 150 GS, similar to the one ridden by Audrey Hepburn in the 1953 film Roman Holiday. Speed also played its part in the golden age of Italian cinema; witness the Lancia Spider that homegrown idol Vittorio Gassman drove in Il Sorpasso...
...nation to a full-fledged pursuit of the so-called Lost Leonardo. Seracini, a forensic expert in Renaissance art and architecture, is trying to prove that The Battle of Anghiari--the mural once considered the greatest of all of Leonardo's masterpieces--lies buried in the Sala del Gran Consiglio in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio, behind a wall covered by a mural--a vision of the Battle of Marciano--that was painted in the 16th century...
...doubt, not necessarily because they trust him, but because they are already here and it's easier to wait and see than to cut and run. "We believe that Mr. Ortega is serious about his commitment to promote foreign investment and tourism," said Pennsylvania native Mike Cobb, president of Gran Pacifica development, which promises to be the first Marriott beach resort in Nicaragua. Cobb says his project plans to "move ahead with all due speed" and "stick to the path we have established...
...looking at $22,300, $2,000 more than an RSX and just $1,000 less than the more powerful RSX Type-S. As Honda's luxury brand, Acura might want to think about distancing itself from the rapidly approaching Civic. For the generation growing up on Gran Turismo, though, a tricked-out Si will probably still be a great ride...
...book, The City of Falling Angels (Penguin Press; 414 pages), due out in September, Berendt's subject is the death not of a human being but of a building: Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venice's 200-year-old gilded treasure chest of an opera house, which burned to the ground in 1996. Was it an accident or arson...