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Each of these aggressors—Italy, Japan and Germany—was a permanent member of the League when they chose to flout its conventions. And, in virtually every instance, the bloody expansionism of Rome, Tokyo and Berlin went completely unchecked by the organization that had been created, ostensibly, to end war. Of course, the tragic result of the League’s futility was World...
...Rutelli smells a backroom deal and vowed to begin a parliamentary battle to force the ruling center-right majority to put some teeth into its proposed conflict advisory board. Berlusconi's running of the state-owned RAI network has drawn the harshest criticism. The Feb. 15 antiwar march in Rome, which drew more than a million people protesting the Prime Minister's pro-U.S. position, was not covered live as is usually the case for rallies of such importance. The decision again spotlit RAI 's troubled board, whose seats are traditionally divvied up among majority and opposition Members...
...Numbers 1 million protesters were expected in Rome this week at the largest of hundreds of anti-war rallies around the world...
...thousand years ago, the streets of Rome had become fetid and knotted with traffic. Local rulers became so fed up that they declared: "The circulation of the people should not be hindered by numerous litters and noisy chariots." It was an early salvo in what would become an endless, thankless, unwinnable war. Around the same time, Julius Caesar introduced the first off-street parking laws. In A.D. 125, a limit was placed on the number of vehicles that could enter Rome. For as long as there have been roads, it seems, there have been crowds of swearing, sweaty drivers...
...profession, judges the drawings and determines the grades. The evening class for draughtsmen in the Boston Architectural Club also joins in these combined problems. Professor Ferran, recently appointed to the Institute staff, is also a graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and a winner of the Prix de Rome. He is also a close personal friend of Professor Haffner. The arrangement of joint problems will give Boston something of the advantage which the Ecole des Beaux-Arts has so long enjoyed, that of rival ateliers in the same locality, working on the same problems, and with the great advantage...