Word: rome
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...probing the problem, some researchers have come up with evidence that people have, at best, a hazy recollection of what things really used to cost. One study by two psychologists and an economist, to be published by the Bank of Italy, asked moviegoers in Rome if they remembered how much cinema tickets used to cost in lire before the introduction of the euro in 2002. Less than 1 in 10 got the amount right, while more than half underestimated the true cost by at least...
...California have failed to draw anticipated sellout audiences. Opera expert Payne suggests that Valencia may not achieve its goal of becoming a world opera mecca, but could become a fine regional draw. "Maybe it won't be able to compete with Milan," he says, "but it could be a Rome. It might not be Paris, but it could be a Lyons...
...late has gone smoothly in Rome. The low point was the Pope's botched appointment last month of the new Archbishop of Warsaw, who had to immediately resign after revelations that he had been an informant for the Polish communist regime. There are also broader complaints inside the Curia that other appointments, and key documents, have being delayed. "We're still waiting on important changes," says a senior Vatican official. "Benedict is turning out to be more cautious than we had thought, and so far Bertone hasn't managed to really get things moving...
...President Ford himself put it, the long national nightmare of Watergate? Ford's extensive service to his country should not have been glossed over in four pages; he deserved the cover, and we deserved a full examination of his life and his importance to American life today. Peter Chien Rome, New York...
Through divisiveness brought about by centuries of unacceptable domination imposed by Rome, the world has a Greek Catholic Church, a Russian Catholic Church and an English Catholic Church. The time is ripe for an American Catholic Church. The U.S. bishops should begin now to circumvent the archaisms of Rome and formulate a relevant church in which all American Catholics can thrive in their religious lives. Emily Langford Bennett Princeton...