Word: sardinia
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DECEMBER 2004 About a year after undergoing cosmetic surgery, the 68-year-old admits to hair transplants when pictures surface of him wearing a bandanna to welcome British Prime Minister Tony Blair to Sardinia...
...having made his mark as a real estate mogul and media entrepreneur, and becoming Italy's richest man. Berlusconi came into politics in 1994 billed as the ultimate outsider, scoffing at Rome's stuffy establishment and passing his downtime singing Neapolitan love ballads and frequenting his palatial villa in Sardinia's Porto Cervo. His refusal to resolve a gargantuan conflict of interest, as owner of Italy's three main private television stations, made him controversial. So too did his frequent gaffes, unintended and otherwise, including telling Wall Street executives that Italy was worthy of investment for the beauty...
...Italy, the 200th anniversary of his birth has been a yearlong opportunity to bring to life the countless Garibaldi monuments in town piazzas. A made-for-TV movie depicted his battlefield prowess, the month-long Giro d'Italia bicycle race began in his adoptive hometown on the island of Sardinia, his famous speeches have been re-enacted from the same balconies were he once appeared before adoring crowds, and of course the obligatory commemorative stamps and coins. But Garibaldi's spirit has also returned to foreign shores, with a concert in Staten Island, New York, and celebrations in the Uruguayan...
...writers from around the world. As such, Garibaldi remains a model that transcends time and ideology. As it happens, Massoud cut a physical figure similar to the Italian, graceful and bearded, and they shared a nickname: Garibaldi was known as the Lion of Caprera, for the island off Sardinia where he lived his later years. Though different in many other ways, each lion understood the link between his cult and his cause...
...Good News for Galicia And Wales, Sardinia and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. For regions on the periphery of their nations, with proud cultures and traditions of their own, the E.U. has been a godsend. The Committee of the Regions provides a political voice while the E.U.'s regional policy has channeled funds for projects aimed to tackle economic and social disparities within member countries. The consequence? Not a Europe homogeneously harmonized, but one that is more diverse than ever before...