Word: italianization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there any real evidence that Martians existed? After peering through his telescope in 1877, Italian Astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli (an uncle of the celebrated Paris couturiere) reported that he had charted several dozen canali linking dark areas on the surface of Mars. These canali, the astronomer wrote, "present an indescribable simplicity and symmetry that cannot possibly be the work of chance...
Restaurateurs in other cities are realizing that many jaded urban diners eat out expecting to be entertained and want some spice in their surroundings as well. Richard Melman brings a sense of theater to all his Chicago theme restaurants, from '50s-style Ed Debevic's Short Orders/Deluxe to the Italian Scoozi. His new Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!, decorated in a contemporary Spanish style with a cobblestone court, features more than 35 tapas served by waiters in punk-toreador coats. "People want to be transported to a party in Spain," says Melman...
...this evening, though, the crowd has come for something special. Like middle-class Italian kids flocking to see Sinatra at Carnegie Hall, the young Cuban Americans have gathered to see the reigning Reina de la Salsa, Celia Cruz, who was entertaining their parents and their parents' parents in the smoky dens and fancy nightclubs of pre-Castro Cuba long before they were born...
...marketing boys will have us eating soccer balls with our Corn Flakes (the offcial cereal of the Belgian squad) and Chiquita bananas (official fruit of the Italian soccer team). Want to know the up-to-date scores of each day's action? Call 1-900-KICKERS, brought to you by the friendly people at AT&T, the official communicators of the 1994 World...
Many, especially those of Italian descent, who make up the majority of Monterey's fishing community, were practically weaned on squid and never tire of it. Still others came because they love food fairs. "I'm heartbroken because they've canceled Brussels sprouts," said Judy Packard, who had driven six hours from Canoga Park, Calif., with her husband Brad. "We've been to 14 fairs so far," she said. Some of her favorites starred avocados, broccoli, artichokes and garlic...