Word: italianizer
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...neighborhood in New England. Despite a long-established presence in the city, Asian American representation in Boston politics has been nonexistent. Yao commented that if Yoon were to win, it would mean a lot symbolically for the Asian community in Boston. “Mayor Menino was the first Italian-American mayor, though Boston has a history of Irish mayors,” said Yao. “This would be a big deal. It would symbolize the new diversity in Boston, of the minority becoming majority.” —Staff writer Vidya B. Viswanathan...
...minutes south, on Broadway near Columbia University, Campo - "gathering place" in Italian - is living up to its name (www.camponyc.com). New York foodies congregate inside the rust-and-gold dining room (accented by exposed brick and pressed tin on the ceiling) to indulge in chef David Rotter's fresh takes on Italy's greatest hits, including fried risotto balls, monkfish milanese and chicken alla diavolo cooked under a brick...
...never be interrupted. No doubt activists on both sides of the issue will find moving symbolism in Monday evening's death, earlier than doctors had predicted, of the latest cause celebre in the battle over euthanasia and a person's right-to-die. Eluana Englaro, a 38-year-old Italian woman, who had been in a vegetative state since suffering irreversible brain damage in a car crash 17 years ago, died four days after doctors in the northern city of Udine began to cut off food and water. Her father Beppino, who had won a decade-long legal battle...
...proximity of the Vatican to the Italian case almost ensured that Pope Benedict XVI was part of the debate over the past days and weeks. The pontiff used his annual message for the World Day of the Sick on Sunday to focus on the issue of euthanasia. "Let us pray for all the sick, especially those most seriously ill, who cannot provide for themselves in any way, but are completely dependent on the care of others," the pontiff said. It was the third time in a week that the Pope had made a not-so-subtle reference to the Englaro...
...Many expected this pope to focus on the universal Church and lofty theological treatise. But Benedict has not hesitated to step into the Italian political debate, most notably helping to bury a 2005 referendum on assisted fertility rights. The pontiff is keen to find seeds of Christian vitality in an increasingly secular Europe. And while most Italians are all but secular in their day-to-day lives, the Catholic Church and the pope's pulpit remain powerful forces in Italy's domestic politics. Upon word of Englaro's death, the Vatican's chief of health-related issues, Cardinal Javier Lozano...