Word: italianism
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Holmes doesn't romanticize the Romantics. The first great age of ballooning, which began so amusingly in the skies above Paris, rapidly declined into mere showmanship. (The flamboyant Italian aerialist Vincent Lunardi once proposed the following toast: "I give you me, Lunardi - whom all the ladies love!") From there it descended into tragedy and defeat. At one of Lunardi's public launches, a young man got tangled up in some of the balloon's ropes, was dragged aloft, then fell to his death. Lunardi died in poverty, and the dauntless Pilātre was killed while attempting to cross the English...
...Sierra Leone has always had a very strong musical tradition. It was one of the first places Western explorers and traders landed in the region in the middle of the 15th century and quickly became an outpost for Portuguese and Italian contingents. Later, the British sent freed slaves captured in transit to Sierra Leone. The variety of influences - from different parts of Africa and Europe - created a unique Sierra Leonean sound. (Read "Hollywood Plays Rough with Diamonds...
...leading Italian newspapers have reported that in two separate instances over the past few weeks, Riina has weighed in on open questions surrounding the Borsellino assassination. His surprise decision to talk comes as investigators in Caltanissetta, in central Sicily, have reopened a probe into lingering suspicions that members of the Italian intelligence services may have played a role in the July 1992 plot. Riina, communicating in the typically oblique language of Mafiosi, authorized his lawyer to pass on to reporters his claims that in fact the state was involved. Florence-based attorney Luca Cianferoni told La Repubblica newspaper on July...
Straw carrier bags line the outdoor stalls, along with 10 Euro rucksacks emblazoned with Tinkerbelle and other Disney characters. Yet in the dingy back room, with space for the till and little else, stand two immaculately dressed Italian women laden with lavish shopping bags. My friend and I patiently peruse the straw baskets, waiting for the women to leave so that we may enter the room...
...Married, with two daughters and a son. Fit and handsome, Rasmussen once prompted Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to remark, peculiarly: "Rasmussen is the most handsome Prime Minister in Europe. I'm thinking of introducing him to my wife...