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...Italy's most famous antiquities is surely its telephone system. But now AT&T aims to help bring it into the 20th century. Last week Italtel, an Italian telecommunications equipment maker, said it has chosen AT&T as its partner in a five-year, $27 billion government-subsidized mega-project to rebuild the country's cranky telephone system virtually from scratch. As one of the main contractors on the project, Italtel will supply most of the basic equipment, while AT&T will provide the know-how, software and supercomputers that will make Italian phone lines hum efficiently...
...announcement which soothes concerns over a possible breach in the Western Alliance, Baker said in Bonn that West Germany still supports a project to upgrade missiles. But Baker also appeared to soften U.S. demands that NATO endorse the plan this spring...
Before meeting Baker, Kohl restated to reporters his desire that NATO delay approving the missile replacement project until...
...nations to share more of the West's military and financial burdens -- these are only four "small" items on Baker's plate. But above all is the matter of America's role as U.S. hegemony comes to an end. Constraints on spending at home will limit American ability to project influence abroad at a time when U.S. dependence on the international economy has never been greater...
...Versailles, which features a white porcelain bowl decorated with pink roses and exuding the flower's fragrance, and the Fin de Siecle in Vienna, which offers a rococo bowl and whiffs of lavender. The builders, the Golden Tower Corp., hope to turn a profit on the $4 million project in about four years. So far, up to 2,000 visitors a day have flooded...