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...another round of ribald accounts of Berlusconi's private life. The latest suit was filed Wednesday against another left-leaning Italian daily, L'Unita, which had referred to a comedienne's sketch about Berlusconi allegedly taking medical injections that allow him to have sex. The Prime Minister's attorney, Niccolo Ghedini, explained to the daily Corriere della Sera on Friday that if necessary Berlusconi would testify in the libel case to prove that he is not impotent: "And why shouldn't Berlusconi be allowed to explain to 20 million Italians, his enamored supporters, that he is perfectly functional?" Such...
...Berlusconi is letting his lawyers do the talking. Niccolo Ghedini, who is the Prime Minister's longtime attorney and an Italian Member of Parliament, told the Ansa news agency that it was illegal to post the recordings, which in any case were "totally unlikely and a product of the imagination." Still, the Prime Minister must figure out how to definitively change the story line, even as most in Italy assume that more revelations are likely to emerge. Here are five ways Berlusconi can escape his bedroom...
...masterful in her ability to convey messages of grief and anguish to the audience through her facial expressions as well as her movements. The final dance was a premiere of “Caprices,” a set of eight short pieces performed to the music of Niccolo Paganini. Because a different person choreographed almost every work, “Caprices” lacked continuity, and although the dancers performed well, it ultimately felt like eight disparate pieces rather than a successful compilation. The same was true of “Dancing Caprices” as a whole...
...with “Sonata No. 3,” played by Xi Li ’09, who also showcased Franz Liszt’s “La Campanella.” The charming performance of this bell-like piece, based on a theme by violin-god Niccolo Paganini, further emphasized the piano’s intonation problems. Someone needs to tune that thing before the next concert. Wei-Jen Yuan ’06 sensitively balanced the voicing, emphasizing essential harmonic changes in “Feux Follets” and “Harmonie du Soir?...
...Known as Gurudeva, he founded America's first Hindu temple in 1957 in San Francisco and oversaw more than 50 independent temples worldwide. He won the 2000 U Thant Peace Award. DIED. DOROTHY DUNNETT, 78, a Scottish historical novelist, whose epic series The Lymond Chronicles and The House of Niccolo depicting medieval Europe inspired conventions and fan magazines; in Edinburgh. Dunnett, honored with an Order of the British Empire in 1992, wrote more than 20 novels and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts...