Word: italian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...haunt of the Rat Pack to a collection of theme hotels evoking other times and places--have been the gambling and the wisdom that it is no destination for the culturally inclined. The opening last week of Steve Wynn's $1.6 billion Bellagio hotel and casino, modeled after an Italian Riviera village, is the initial step in a plan to change that perception. Among the first to sample the Bellagio's attractions were several TIME staffers, who this week appraise the hotel and the city's attempts to draw a new audience to the desert. TIME's art critic, Robert...
JOHN PAUL II is the most traveled Pope in history, but apparently he likes to kick back in the Vatican with the remote every now and then. During a live panel discussion on Italian television celebrating his 20th papal year, the Pope unexpectedly called in to the program, catching everyone by surprise, including his own spokesman, who was among the guests on the show. "I would like to thank all those taking part for everything that they have said and done," the Pope told the show's shocked host, Bruno Vespa. Visibly moved and more than a little flummoxed, Vespa...
...your child chronically constipated? The cause may be a common allergy to milk. Italian researchers report that constipation cleared up in 68% of children ages one to six who switched from cow's milk...
...business as usual, why did Italy go through the trauma of trashing Prodi two weeks ago? "Because Italian politics isn't logical," says Burke. "Once again, you've got a very fragile government composed of nine parties, ranging from Communists to the center-right, each of them able to hold D'Alema hostage." In other words, don't bet that the 56th government in 53 years will restore Italy's one-government-per-year average...
...Iran-contra. Just as Democrats one day will get even for this tear we are on. No doubt Flynt will snag some philanderers, and they will suffer shame if not loss of office, marriage and family. The drama on Capitol Hill looks more and more like a bad Italian opera, with singers in death throes everywhere. By the last act, the stars are still singing, but soon even they will be dead...