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...familiar Scorsese territory, most assuredly, though it's been transplanted from New York to Boston, and from Italian Catholics to Irish Catholics. The movie's title comes from a Catholic prayer for the dead - specifically, for those stranded in Purgatory, which is sort of a post-mortem car wash where the deceased have their lingering venial sins cleansed before they can get into Heaven. (The Prayer for the Souls in Purgatory, parroted thousands of times by distracted altar boys, goes like this: "Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls...
...inspired a broader and deeper re-examination of what it means to be European, reviving the ancient struggle between Christian and secular values. The Spanish parliament's recent decision to legalize gay marriage, for example, was met by severe disapproval from the Vatican, as were the 2004 objections to Italian politician Rocco Buttiglione's candidacy for European Justice Commissioner on the grounds that he had labeled homosexuality a "sin." In a secular Western Europe, Roman Catholics are now often claiming that they are victims. "In the Western world today, we are experiencing a wave of drastic new enlightenment ? of secularization...
After a summer spent trolling around Italy—most of which I spent on the back of a pink scooter wearing fingerless gloves and laughing drolly at my Italian compatriots’ anecdotes about hunting for wild boars—I must admit that I was a bit disappointed to return to Cambridge. It’s just hard for me—as it would be for any intelligent person—to bid goodbye to the sight of 11-year-olds wearing t-shirts with adorable phrases like “Sexy Bitch” printed...
...work yesterday and will return to the office on Oct. 7, Harvard spokesman John D. Longbrake said last night. Longbrake said the trip was “personal” and did not elaborate on Bok’s itinerary. Bok wrote in a Tuesday e-mail that his Italian outing was “the one prior commitment that I told the Corporation I could not break when they asked me to serve.” Last February, shortly before Lawrence H. Summers announced his intention to resign his post as president, the Harvard Corporation—the University?...
...cultural marvels have traditionally been the main destination of Europeans relocating to Morocco, coastal cities and towns like Agadir, Essaouira, Tangier and increasingly Rabat have become booming real estate markets with the arrival of house-hunting pensioners in recent years. French transplants remain the largest group, but Italian and German seniors are also getting in on the rush - and the British contingent is becoming active in the higher-end sector. But as in any hot market, increased activity means rising prices. "Certain properties in beach areas have increased from €100 to €300 per square meter in three years...