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BABY'S FIRST STEPS ITALIAN Parents and caretakers, not CDs, are best for teaching languages...
...sisters marry into uppermost Renaissance Italian society. Plain, naive Beatrice gets the ruler of Milan, while precocious (and luscious) Isabella winds up with a lesser man. In this gold brocade world, where every gesture echoes in quadruple?as politics, family, sex and art?only the virtuosos survive, and leading the dance is the greatest virtuoso of them all, Da Vinci...
...match for the Chinese giant. China is getting stronger and stronger and will soon move on to conquer the next country or continent. China wins with a simple, convenient formula: a communist social structure, a capitalist economy, small concern for trade rules and a furious rush. As an Italian politician said, If China had our union leaders, it would not survive for long. Franco G. Sclano Rome Exit Strategy No matter what happens in Iraq, it won't end the war on terrorism [Dec. 5]. We must stay the course in the 21st century, or there will be no 22nd...
While Daniel draws its wealthy Wasps broadly, it doesn't disrespect them (unlike Italian Catholics, represented in the show by a stereotyped, Mob-connected priest). The family's unresolved grief over son Jimmy's death is mostly unspoken but palpable, while Daniel's work is treated as a calling but also, realistically, as a job, with ambitions, pressures and politics. The scripts neatly balance satire and sincerity: while the show's outlandish twists challenge Daniel's faith--he's like Job, if Job lived on Melrose Place--they never mock...
...article "Twilight in Italy," on the competition that Italian manufacturers are facing from Chinese firms, hit the nail on the head [Dec. 5]. Italy is going to resemble China before it achieved economic success. In order to compete, Italians will have to give up the buying power and social security they are used to. Italy has been living under the delusion that the manufacture of quality chairs is rocket science. It has failed to invest in research, education and high technology. Now the reality is hitting home, and Italy will go down. The question is how far down. Diego Amicabile...