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Maximum number of days after discovery that a white truffle should be eaten; the Pisa truffle will be auctioned on Dec. 1 in Macau, eight days after it was found...
Weight in pounds of a white truffle found on Nov. 23 near Pisa--the second largest ever; the world's largest, 5.5 lbs, was found...
...Friday, the image was summarily banned by Italy's advertising watchdog, citing infringements on the organization's code of conduct for exploiting an illness for publicity purposes. Toscani told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that he would sue for damages. On a recent afternoon at his office outside of Pisa, before the ban was announced, he was still absorbing the initial outrage that had ensued, from both fashion executives and those suffering from an eating disorder. Dressed in jeans and a blue checkered shirt, Toscani is a big man with a square jaw who doesn't sit still, something...
Though drawings featured prominently in Galileo's work, his role as artist and draftsman has until now been little more than a footnote in accounts of his life. The native of Pisa, Italy, born in 1564, would eventually be celebrated (and castigated) for his controversial celestial discoveries, his advocacy for an experiment-based approach to the natural world, and his complicated and combative relationship with the Church. Yet his artistic bent was central to his life, too. William Shea, who holds the Galileo Chair in History of Science at the University of Padua, notes that as a teenager the future...
...holiday in nearby Corsica. We just can't afford it anymore. And compared with one-income families, we are quite well off. Is it so difficult to understand that the tremendous price increase of everyday items along with a yearlong stagnation in payrolls leads to empty wallets? Bettina Klein, PISA, ITALY...