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DIED. ANNALENA TONELLI, 60, Italian aid worker who spent more than three decades helping sick Somalians; after being shot on the grounds of a 200-bed hospital that she founded; in Borama, Somalia. Tonelli was awarded the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' top honor in April for her work combating tuberculosis, aids, malnutrition and female-genital mutilation. She lived simply, eating the same food as her patients. "I would never believe that my life is a sacrifice," she told the Washington Post in 1993. "It is an idea that makes me laugh ... I often felt that there was nobody...
...nine layers of beaded clothing. "We decided we were too much picked up by the art world, so we did couture," says Horsting. "It was a good way to get our name out," says Snoeren. The fashion press began to take notice, as did Franco Pene, head of the Italian manufacturing company Gibo and the man who made the early collections of Helmut Lang, Alexander McQueen and Marc Jacobs. When he approached Horsting and Snoeren and asked if they could translate their unwearable haute couture collections into a commercial ready-to-wear line, they were eager to try. Even then...
...Giulio Tremonti, Italian Economics Minister, making the case for a €1 bill
...exhibit opened Sept. 30 in the Edward Shelton Exhibition Room of the Harvard Theatre Collection in Pusey and includes 60 items of ballet and Italian opera paraphernalia, with works dating back to 1723. The exhibition is being presented in collaboration with a newly-published catalogue of items available in the King’s Theatre Collection. Order forms for the catalogue are available in the Harvard Theatre Collection in Pusey Library...
...King’s Theatre: Ballet and Italian Opera in London 1706-1883” runs through Dec. 5, and is open to the public, free of charge, weekdays from 9 a.m. until...