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Seems President Reagan wasn't the only world leader with operatives in THE VATICAN. A story making the rounds in Europe has it that the kgb planted a mole in the Holy See. Boris Alexandrovitch Solomatin, the KGB's Rome chief from 1976 to 1982, claims that Soviet intelligence viewed the Vatican as a hotbed of diplomatic secrets. Trouble was, once the KGB had recruited its St. Peter's agent, it had a little difficulty controlling him: apparently his religious convictions interfered with his supersecret political mission...
Historically, nationalism -- as distinct from nationality or patriotism -- is a fairly recent development. For a thousand years after the fall of Rome, people's loyalties were to their church, their lords, their rights and duties under the feudal system, to their guilds, eventually to their King...
...former senator said he realized that someof his ideas may be unpopular, But McCarthy tooksolace in the example of Julius Caesar, who wasassassinated after establishing policies thatbenefitted Rome...
...most moving moment of the season's second E.M. Forster film, Where Angels Fear to Tread, comes at the very end. In the closing credits, a note appears: "Filmed entirely on location in Rome, and in the towns of San Gimignano, Siena, Montepulciano and Cuna in Tuscany, and in Sussex and London, England...
London: William Mader Paris: Frederick Ungeheuer, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson, 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: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Kumiko Makihara Mexico City: Laura Lopez...