Word: italianity
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...other runways in Paris and Milan last month, designers were equally inspired by the slightly bohemian '60s look that Saint Laurent made famous. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana took their design cues from a recent trip to Botswana, filling their spring collection with python-trimmed safari looks. And for Italian sportswear giant MaxMara, the cornerstone of the show was a crisp khaki safari jacket shown over a pencil skirt...
Silvio Berlusconi lobbied long and hard for this hour of glory. It was in Rome in 1957, after all, that six European leaders signed the founding treaty of the European Economic Community - the forerunner of today's European Union - so the Italian Prime Minister wanted the leaders of the 25 member states to return to the Eternal City to sign the European Constitution. On Friday they came, and Berlusconi made the most of it. With famed filmmaker Franco Zeffirelli directing the live television coverage, Berlusconi led his European colleagues through a carefully choreographed ceremony at Rome's historic Campidoglio city...
...That's like asking whether we moderns are genuine humans compared to the superhumans of yore. One unchanging aspect of heroism is that the heroes who endure have all been overpraised by later generations. Gideon Suleman Kaduna, Nigeria I was stunned to see your cover identifying the two freed Italian hostages, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, as European heroes. In light of some of Torretta's statements after she was released by her Iraqi kidnappers - that "the guerrilla war is justified" and that Italy should pull out its troops - to present them as heroes is an offense to Italy...
...coming. He's wearing A cashmere vest, talking about the limitations of the Sangiovese grape and the appeal of Italian neorealist films and then--boom--Alexander Payne whacks the top of my knee to emphasize a point. The Nebraskan bonhomie explodes right there on my kneecap. He does it again. And again. He's the kind of guy who can swirl a glass of Pinot Noir like a pro and then down it with a "Cheers...
Although he has moved to new geographical territory with Sideways, Payne is familiar with the backdrop. He grew up with Greek parents who drank Scotch and ouzo, but he discovered wine when living alone and cooking, watching Jacques Pépin on PBS. He also had an Italian girlfriend, whose ex-boyfriend had taught her about wine and who, in turn, taught...