Word: italianize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...olive oil with tomatoes and green peppers, then flambeed with brandy; grilled on skewers as Thai satays, Japanese teriyaki or Middle Eastern kabobs; filling empanadas, the South American pastry turnovers, and Tex-Mex burritos; marinated with hot chili peppers in Latin-American seviche; sprinkled atop pizza, pasta and the Italian deep-fried pastry here called speengies but more authentically known as sfingi; formed into "meatballs" and burgers or stirred into a creamy, vegetable-flecked chowder. And more...
...behavior of some English fans over the years, last week came as no surprise. English soccer clubs have been banned from the Continent since 1985 by the Union of European Football Associations (U.E.F.A.) following one of the most horrific episodes in soccer history. Three years ago, Liverpool fans attacked Italian boosters during a game against Turin's Juventus club in Brussels. In the stampede to get out of the thugs' way, 39 people died and some 450 were injured...
Giving up most of their shares in the Gucci company are the sons of Aldo, 83, the sole surviving son of the founder. A nephew of Aldo's, Maurizio Gucci, is still claiming 50% ownership in the firm, but his three cousins are contesting him in Italian court on the ground that he inherited his shares by forging his father's signature...
...movie industry has always looked at minorities with a limited perspective. The Godfather is the prime example. Portray the Italian as a crime boss, Hollywood says, because that's what...
...sales are more significant "in the promise than in the reality," says NBC News President Lawrence Grossman. What the export market does provide, however, is an elite audience, composed largely of international businessmen, government officials, journalists and opinion makers.The houses of parliament in Sweden and Norway receive CNN, and Italian President Francesco Cossiga is said to be a fan. When CNN aired a briefing on the Middle East by Secretary of State George Shultz last February, Jordan's King Hussein, watching in Paris, quickly called the network's Atlanta headquarters to respond...