Word: romes
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Directed at Youth. Given official Vatican recognition in 1950 as the Church's first "Secular Institute," Opus Dei is no longer a purely Spanish organization. Its headquarters are in Rome, and it is now active in 68 countries, including the U.S.-where it has established residence halls and study centers (which teach such mundane subjects as oceanography) for students in 20 cities...
...well-publicized meeting of leaders of the Common Market countries will take place in Rome some time this month to mark the tenth anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. Charles de Gaulle will be there. And, though De Gaulle has insisted that Britain's Common Market bid not be placed on the agenda, it will obviously be the main topic of talk...
...more champion. Cassius Clay, who had won 29 bouts in his professional career after taking the gold medal in Rome in 1960, was suddenly not a boxer anymore...
ITALY yearly improves the Autostrada linking up the main tourist cities north and south of Rome. The big question mark has been Florence, and the news is good: Florence is going to be more fascinating than ever. Of 31,555 art shops in the city, nearly 8,000 were ruined by last fall's floods; yet all but 150 will be back in business this summer. The city has not only recovered but has actually turned the flood damage into a high-powered attraction. Visitors can now take a guided tour of the Boboli Gardens, central "hospital" for damaged...
...with a no-visa-required policy for everyone. Excellent hotels have sprung up along the Dalmatian coast, especially at Split and Dubrovnik. Rates remain low ($14 a day, including meals), and additional private-enterprise restaurants are being encouraged. To speed tourists in and out, there are direct flights from Rome and a new, two-lane asphalt highway. Only drawback: in rushing the new road to completion, no guard rails were installed along nearly 400 miles of highway that winds hundreds of feet above the Adriatic...