Word: lira
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...during a performance of Verdi's Otello. To be fair, Bergman usually knows how cliched his situations are, and he often satirizes them in clever ways. In a typical over-melodramatic sequence, for example, handsome Bob Fine (O'Neal) meets and falls in love with the voluptuous and married Lira (Mariangela Melato). They gaze intensly at each other, finally they clasp hands. Slowly their lips meet, they kiss deeply. They separate and gaze into each other's eyes. Lira says, "I fuck around...
...Ronald Reagan is still dim and distant, but at least one stunning shift in U.S. financial fortunes has already unfolded: the rebound of the dollar. Since January, the American currency has risen by 14% against the Japanese yen, 27% against the West German mark and 33% against the Italian lira...
...Socialist government, jittery money traders and investors looked to the U.S. as a bastion of political stability. The dollar in recent weeks has reached a four-year high against the pound, a five-year peak against the mark and postwar records against the French franc and Italian lira...
...center with a church and central square; the impression is of a dying 19th century industrial civilization suffocating an even older culture. Says a Basque journalist: "The young get fed up with the fact they have no hope in the lousy city where they live, so they decide to lira al monte-take to the mountains and go with...
...dollar's strength against the lira more than cancels out Italy's inflation of 20%, so vacations there will cost about the same as they did last year. Even at that, Italy is still a relatively inexpensive place to travel by Western European standards. A first-class meal, including a succulent pasta, a main course of meat, fish or chicken, a salad, dessert, rich espresso coffee and a good bottle of Chianti, can easily be found for less than $26 per person. A meal in a more modest restaurant can go for as little as $8. Gasoline...