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...reportedly told associates after his victory on April 14 that he will use the next five years to establish his legacy as a "statesman." But a longing for legitimation may hamper him more than it tempers him. Berlusconi, once a maverick outsider, looks increasingly like a typical deal-making Italian politico; more a parody than a model of statesmanship. If he wants to make a lasting impact, Berlusconi would do well to harness his flamboyant, image-driven instincts for the benefit of the country. He has proposed leading weekly government meetings from Naples until the trash emergency is resolved...
What were your favorite foods as a child? -Soyeun Yang, Superior, Colo.My grandfather lived with us and was my caretaker, so I liked everything that old Italian men liked. I liked sardines and squid and eating calamari with your fingers and anything with anchovies, anything with garlic and oil. I still eat much the same way today. I was not a very popular girl when I opened my lunch sack at the lunchroom...
APRIL 2008 Berlusconi wins his third term as Prime Minister. He vows to rescue the stalled Italian economy, resolve a garbage crisis and assist the faltering national airline, Alitalia...
...counterintuitive to say the least. Back in 2001, when Claudio Del Vecchio, the son of an Italian eyeglasses magnate, was thinking about buying Brooks Brothers from the British retailer Marks & Spencer, the sales pitch included a familiar refrain: a new owner could close the Queens, N.Y., tie factory, move manufacturing overseas and save a ton of money. DelVecchio did buy the company, but he didn't close the factory. Instead, he plowed millions of dollars into improving it. Now every single Brooks tie, whether sold in Detroit, Milan or Dubai, starts there. "Of course we could go to China...
...creation care” a growing environmental movement in American congregations, animal protection will hopefully gain religious notice. In the meantime, Catholic priests can look to the words of Pope Benedict XV, the current Pontiff’s namesake, who in 1915 enjoined priests to support the Italian SPCA, “that they may offer to the animals refuge from every suspicion of roughness, cruelty, or barbarism, and lead men to understand from the beauty of creation something of the infinite perfection of their Creator.” Lewis E. Bollard ’09 is a social studies...