Word: rome
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...just in: a forthcoming edition of the Catholic catechism lists sins never pondered by Moses. Driving a car or piloting a commercial jet while intoxicated, for example. Cheating on your taxes. Dealing drugs. Cooking the company books and committing other types of business fraud. Bill Clinton, take note: in Rome's view, it is still O.K. to make war, if it is a good war, but also to disobey the government when...
Vidal will not give ground, as always determined to follow his instincts. There is a scene in Golgotha in which Timothy and Mark, walking in Rome, hear a noisome humming that they cannot place. "I hear it too," says the author. "It's not supernatural or anything silly like that. It's just a sense that things are going on around you." Armed with TV, the fax and endless phone calls from an international army of well-placed pals, this remorseless observer is picking up every buzz...
...Italian lira found itself under attack too, even though Rome had tried to anticipate traders with a 7% devaluation at the beginning of the week. Italy quickly followed Britain out of the European Monetary System. Meanwhile, the Spanish peseta was devalued by 5%, and Sweden (not a member of the European Community, but exposed to its economic winds) raised its overnight interbank lending rate to a towering 500% in a desperate bid to support the % krona. As the Germans resisted pressure for a further cut in interest rates, the French, Danish and Irish currencies all found themselves struggling...
London: William Mader Paris: Frederick Ungeheuer, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Berlin: Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney, Ann M. Simmons Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond, Kumiko Makihara Latin America: Laura Lopez...
London: William Mader Paris: Frederick Ungeheuer, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Berlin: Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney, Ann M. Simmons Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond, Kumiko Makihara Latin America: Laura Lopez...