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...such bleakness and pessimism, the possibility that by 2030 the only trace of poverty could be in a museum was absolutely wonderful news. Imagining a very near future in which the word poverty requires the use of the past tense is enough to make everyone optimistic. Diana Cella Perugia, Italy...
...such bleakness and pessimism, the possibility that by 2030 the only trace of poverty could be in a museum was absolutely wonderful news. Imagining a very near future in which the word poverty requires the use of the past tense is enough to make everyone optimistic. Diana Cella Perugia, Italy Nuclear North Korea President Bush's nightmare became a reality when North Korean leader Kim Jong Il joined the exclusive nuclear club [Oct. 30]. Bush's threatening rhetoric only accelerated the country's nuclear research and has opened the door for the spread of nuclear arms to other countries. Imposing...
...Perugia, Italy...
...tend to keep such bad news quiet, fearing the negative publicity could hurt ticket sales. The disappearance represents a sad coda to Burri's remarkably colorful career. Born in 1915, Burri did not set out to be an artist. He earned a degree in medicine from the University of Perugia, and, at the outbreak of World War II, was shipped to North Africa as an army doctor. Captured by the British army, Burri was turned over to American forces and interned at a prison camp in Hereford, Texas. Depressed and dispirited, Burri abandoned medicine for art. Short of materials...
...Umbrian capital of Perugia is never more glorious than on a long summer evening when its medieval streets are filled with the sound of jazz. After a day devoted to touring, swimming or an extremely long lunch, there's nothing like settling into Perugia's Arena Santa Giuliana to hear the endlessly inventive saxophonist Sonny Rollins deconstruct the melody of, say, Thelonious Monk's Crepuscule with Nellie - in just the kind of magical twilight that might have inspired it. Monk's angular ballad could tumble out of Rollins' horn on July 17, when the star headlines the Umbria Jazz Festival...