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...entered the museum.Once inside, they were some time in getting to the Englishman’s gallery. Felicity demanded that they stop to examine the male nudes, constantly bemoaning the placement of leaves or folds of cloth. Ollie was only too happy to encourage her.“Ah, signorina woulda like to have a little peek? She would like to see the trunk of da tree underneath da leaf?”“Perhaps you could tell me what kind of trunk I might be expected to find,” said Felicity, running her fingers down...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...finished interviewing 40 U.S. boxers -including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Robinson and Joe Louis-for an upcoming six-hour special on the history of the sport. "I used to think boxers were all big muscle but no brain. It isn't true," burbles the ringside reporter. Signorina Rossellini is also a New York correspondent for a weekly Italian news show and often turns for pointers to Stepsister Pia Lindstrom, an NBC correspondent. The final judgment comes from Father Roberto, who watches Isabella on the air in Rome and assesses her performances. Says Isabella: "I hate to take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Modern Living, Jan. 10, 1977 | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

Among the Continent's most determined weight losers are the Italians. The old stereotype of the ravioli-plump Italian mama has changed to that of a Swedish-svelte city signorina. Says Joan Marble Cook, an American author who attended a reducing class in Rome: "You'd think Italians would be so attached to food, but they're marvelously disciplined. Some of the men in my class lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Polysaturation Point | 12/1/1975 | See Source »

...lived in Cremona, across the Po River from his café. Plunging wholeheartedly into the timeless rituals of Lombard courtship, Francesco promenaded beneath her window, cultivated her friends and relatives, encountered her "by chance" when she went strolling. Angela played her part by being good, like a signorina should. When they met, she would say politely, "Buon-giorno, Signor Ghizzoni" and coolly ignore his urgings to "call me Francesco." He asked for a date, and Angela refused. He sent her gifts. Angela returned them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Untamed Shrew | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...Signorina Mangano is, by either Italian or American standards, well stacked. Director Do Santis wisely shows her from a variety of angles. For example, we see Mangano in a makeshift bathing suit, Maugano in a makeshift weed-picking outfit, and Mangano in a makeshift nightie. She is very sexy...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 1/4/1951 | See Source »

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