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...tour, Miss Ella was warmly welcomed by fans as she strolled down Rome's Via Veneto. She dined early at Giggi Fazi with Romano Mussolini (one of Benito's sons) and his wife Maria (Sophia Loren's sister), then put on a show at the Teatro Sistina that nearly brought the palazzo down. Dressed in a simple blouse and skirt, Ella warbled her standards: Mack the Knife, Mister Paganini, A Man And A Woman, then answered two tumultuous curtain calls with a rendition of People...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 27, 1969 | 6/27/1969 | See Source »

...benches of the Pincio Garden, casting provocative glances over the tops of sunglasses at passersby; by dinnertime, they begin congregating near Rome's biggest supermarket alongside Olympic Village and beside the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla. At 9 o'clock, on the corner of Via Sistina near the Piazza di Spagna. the prettiest prostitutes appear, dressed not as professional hookers but as sweet little schoolgirls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe: An Anthology of Pros | 4/12/1963 | See Source »

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