Word: rome
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...Hamilton-Fairley. "Children deserve that information." Parents keen to equip their offspring with more extensive culinary skills might consider a sojourn in Italy. Since last summer, Fontana del Papa, tel: (39-0766) 93455; www.cookitaly.it, a family-run cooking school in Monti della Tolfa, an hour's drive north of Rome, has run courses for children. Husband-and-wife team Assuntina Antonacci and Claudio Pierotti teach bambini of all ages how to prepare traditional Italian fare, using the estate's organically grown herbs and vegetables. While parents relax in the 16th century country house, their sprogs concoct fresh pasta, tomato sauces...
...House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, which will look into just about everything labeled Bill and Hillary. If Democrats insist on a full-bore pursuit of Gingrich, Republicans will seek the blood of the Clintons later this year or next. Washington is not so different from ancient Rome. It may talk a lot about ethics, but revenge is the virtue it understands best...
...Rome: This 100-million dollar epic, along with “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Extras” makes HBO’s Sunday night lineup the best of any night on any channel. An elegant and graphic portrayal of Rome during Julius Caesar’s rise toward emperor, “Rome” vacillates between the political and military intrigue of Caesar and Pompey and the day-to-day trials of two ordinary soldiers from the thirteenth legion. There are wonderful performances all around, highlighted by Polly Walker’s portrayal...
...longer appears a question of if, but how the Vatican will try to restrict homosexuals from joining the priesthood. As 256 of the world's bishops gathered in Rome for a three-week synod--the first under Pope Benedict XVI--details filtered out to the Italian press that something a bit less draconian than a blanket ban was in the works. A long-shelved document providing specific admission instructions to seminaries is expected to be issued in November. The "instruction" from the Congregation for Catholic Education would add some teeth to a long-standing but often loosely enforced...
...girl, I went with a guy for three years,' that's usually a game stopper," says Monsignor Steven Rohlfs, rector at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmetsburg, Md. But most in his position are more accepting. Plante reports that one West Coast diocese responded to rumors of Rome's new hard line by asking him to keep homosexual designation out of his final reports, for fear it would hurt gay priests' careers down the line...