Word: sardinia
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There was never a question of too many chefs spoiling the mousseline. True, Bocuse had to send a launch to Sardinia for fresh parsley, and all the chefs had to get used to the ship's electric stove. Nonetheless, though accustomed to serving small gatherings (80 at most) from a nearby kitchen, the superstars quickly adjusted to mass-feeding with unfamiliar equipment from labyrinthine kitchens as far as seven decks below. The only near disaster came at lunch the first day, when the company hurled itself upon the buffet tables like famished refugees. (Thereafter, lunch was served at guests...
...Legs. The Sixth Fleet also boasts amphibious forces, which can land 2,000 combat Marines supported by helicopters and vertical-takeoff harrier planes from small mobile carriers like the Guam. Every two months or so, the landing force "stretches its legs" with an amphibious exercise in Spain or Sardinia...
...writer, invincible general, creator of an empire. After him, Lorenzo de' Medici, banker, merchant, poet, who ruled Florence with a firm hand. He invented the balance of power to keep the quarrelsome Italian states at peace. Then Camillo Benso di Cavour, farmer, financier, journalist, businessman, who turned tiny Sardinia into the kingdom of Italy in a matter of months...
Socialist Gains. Finding political accommodation that would lead to reforming the coalition was more difficult because of recently shifting power balances. Scarcely hours before the Villa Madama summit, results were announced from regional elections on the island of Sardinia, 125 miles out in the KEYSTONE Mediterranean. Socialists and Communists had been expected to win handsomely and they did, thus continuing a national voting trend to the left that became obvious last month in a referendum over retaining Italy's divorce law. On Sardinia the two leftist parties drew abreast of the Christian Democrats for the first time since World...
...divorce referendum vote, as well as another election last weekend in Sardinia in which the left was also favored, was on everyone's mind during last week's discussions of a possible change of government. No new general elections are scheduled for three years, and the Christian Democrats are not likely to seek a special election while they are in retreat. Some Italians insisted last week that perhaps the time had come for the long-discussed "historic compromise" that would allow Communists to join any new coalition. Realistically, however, the Communists still shy away from participation...