Word: romanos
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...voters to abstain from this week's referendum on assisted fertility and stem-cell research. But noisy squabbles among coalition partners over policy mask divisions that are even more bitter: over who will spearhead the election campaign. Doubts have grown over the past month about the leadership of Romano Prodi, 67, the former President of the European Commission chosen last year to take on Berlusconi. The recent slump in the E.U.'s popularity is bad news for Prodi, who enthusiastically pushed Italy into the euro zone during his time as Prime Minister. Since public opinion has soured on the European...
...shop in glorious Art Deco stained glass, glittering mirrorwork and traditional white tiles. Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano, an organization dedicated to preserving heritage sites in Italy, bought the building 13 years ago and now leases the business to Emanuele Giugno, a hairdresser whose patrons include former prime ministers Romano Prodi and Massimo D'Alema. He's an artist of the locks, but the real masterpiece is Italo's perfectly preserved interior. Vicolo Caprettari, Genoa; tel: (39-010) 256 791; www.fondoambiente.it
...Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder and traditional white tiles. Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano, an organization dedicated to preserving heritage sites in Italy, bought the building 13 years ago and now leases the business to Emanuele Giugno, a hairdresser whose patrons include former prime ministers Romano Prodi and Massimo D'Alema. He's an artist of the locks, but the real masterpiece is Italo's perfectly preserved interior. Vicolo Caprettari, Genoa; tel: (39-010) 256 791; www.fondoambiente.it
...billion. Some of Berlusconi's coalition partners suggested that the sale, which reduced the Prime Minister's share in Mediaset to 34.3% from 50.9%, should mute long-standing accusations that his combination of media and political power constitutes a conflict of interest. Opposition leaders, including former Prime Minister Romano Prodi, were quick to note that the media group remained under Berlusconi's control. (The Berlusconi family retains majority voting rights in Mediaset, even with a minority ownership share, a common arrangement in family-dominated media companies.) The move may have been largely business-motivated; Fabrizio Perretti, a professor at Bocconi...
...more than 80% of Miami Dade's honors students are black or Latino, students in similar programs at other community colleges have been predominantly white females. "We have to be careful that in the scramble for prestige we don't lose our most important focus--open access," says Richard Romano, director of the Institute for Community College Research at SUNY/ Broome Community College in Binghamton, N.Y. But Miami Dade president Eduardo Padrón argues that "it is unfair to restrict community colleges to that traditional role and allow only the four-year colleges or research universities to teach more...