Word: sardinia
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...pigeons pecked vainly for bread crumbs on the white-mantled Piazza San Marco, and blankets of snow decked the prows of unused gondolas. The southern regions were battered by gale-force winds that transformed the Naples waterfront into a tangle of wrecked boats and knocked out power lines in Sardinia. Throughout Italy weather conditions caused at least six deaths and several billion dollars' worth of property damage...
...would earn $100, save half and use the rest to throw a party. He would be broke the next week, but, he says, "I would make a good impression, and all week everyone would invite me over." Some 15 years ago, he chartered a yacht and sailed to Sardinia, docking it between Aristotle Onassis' boat and that of King Constantine of Greece. "Suddenly," says Khashoggi, "I saw that it was a small club of people who talked and socialized with each other. It was so difficult to meet these people in normal circumstances. This opened my eyes to the fact...
...build one of fiber glass unless you wanted to cheat?" he asked at a press conference. Added Blackaller: "My engineers have told me for six years that you can't build a fiber-glass boat light and strong enough . . . under the rules." The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda of Sardinia, organizer of the challenger series, has not responded to the war of words. As a matter of normal procedure, however, it will remeasure and check all semifinalists before racing resumes after Christmas...
...have been everywhere. She talks of going to Paris the way most people talk about crossing the street. When she turned 18 this past year, her aristocratic Swiss boyfriend took her on a junket through Africa for a change of scenery, and she plans to spend this summer in Sardinia...
...Princess Anne joined 16 male and female amateur jockeys on the famous mile-and-a-half Derby course at Epsom to benefit one of her favorite charities, Riding for the Disabled Association. An accomplished horsewoman in her first flat race, she did quite nicely, finishing fourth. Down south in Sardinia, Diana took first place in the eyes of charmed Italians, who were treated to a profusion of lovely clothing changes at each of the dozens of stops. The only stir was caused by what she didn't wear to a gala at Milan's La Scala: a stunning gold lame...