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...keep all this fashionably exposed flesh clean, Capri's hostelers must still import fresh bath water by tankers from Naples. The hauling contract has proved to be a gold mine: a cubic meter of water costing 4 lire at Naples sells for 300 lire on Capri. The old adage that "wine is cheaper than water in Capri," is truer than ever...
...restaurants near Verona. One is in the castle of the Montagues, the other is the castle of the Capulets, where Romeo called Juliet's love a dream "too flattering-sweet to be substantial." Marzotto turned such dreams into substance by renovating the ancient castles and charging couples 100 lire to kiss on Juliet's balcony...
...file a correct tax return. In 1951, on a business trip to the U.S. Marzotto got a phone call from his home office: How much of his income should be declared? Answered Marzotto: "Tell the government whatever it is. Not a penny less." The total: 462 million lire ($704,000), of which the government took...
...What a misfortune!" they said in the street. "And the boat was loaded!"-with a cargo worth more than 500 lire, a vast sum to simple fishermen. The owner of the cargo could sooner have gathered figs from thistles than money from these destitutes; but in loyalty to their code of honor the Malavoglia would not shirk the debt. "We are ruined," said Grandfather 'Ntoni quietly-and began with all his humble means to resist the fact...
...loan will include no dollars, but it will be the biggest mixture of European currencies ever passed in one package by the World Bank-some $10 million in French francs, $7,500,000 in Swiss francs, the rest in British pounds, Belgian francs, German marks, Austrian schillings, Italian lire, Dutch guilders, Norwegian kroner and Swedish kronor...