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...last time a major political party put forward a Roman Catholic candidate for President, he had to confront bigotry and suspicion that he would be taking orders from Rome. Forty-four years later, the Democrats are poised to nominate another Catholic--another Senator from Massachusetts whose initials happen to be J.F.K.--and this time, the controversy over his religion may develop within the Catholic Church itself. Kerry's positions on some hot-button issues aren't sitting well with members of the church elite. Just listen to a Vatican official, who is an American: "People in Rome are becoming more...
...last time a renowned circus visited Rome, Ga., American troops were engaged in a foreign war. That would have been World War II. Yet for second-generation circus owner Kenneth Feld, many of the show's issues haven't changed much in the more than 60 years between stops. Would the locals fill the arena? Would the ringmaster get his head out of the alligator's mouth in time? Had Feld budgeted enough for gasoline? Would his cell phone work in Rome? O.K., some issues...
...shaky economy and at a time when families have so many outlets movies, cable, video games, the Internet competing for their entertainment dollars. Having conquered the "big top," Ringling's latest growth strategy is to think small. "We're going to every nook and cranny we can," says Feld. Rome (pop. 34,980) was the first of 58 towns scheduled on its new Hometown Edition tour, a third traveling production of the 134-year-old circus, the last survivor of an epic business struggle that once featured dozens of companies competing furiously across the country...
Milch says he set out not to write a western but to explore a society just starting to form its laws. He first pitched to HBO a series about cops in Rome during Nero's reign. After that project fizzled, he started reading about Deadwood, a town that sprang up when reports of a gold strike were hyped to justify expansion into Indian territory. "It was like time-lapse photography," he says. "Two months before [Deadwood begins], there was nothing. Two years later, they had telephones, before San Francisco did." The settlement had no laws, purposely. "It was a primordial...
...numbers more than a thousand, is known around the world for his wizardry at the keyboard. Last year he played to packed houses at Cairo's Manasterly Palace, Seoul's Arts Center and London's Barbican Hall, to name a few. This week he's on his way to Rome's Teatro Ghione, and from there to Singapore's Symphony Hall for recitals. His rigorous performance schedule has forced him to curtail some of his old hobbies, such as mountain climbing, skiing and tennis. But having just celebrated his 91st birthday, he's not complaining...