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Word: sospiri (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...calls "the curious glue that, despite everything, binds the nation." This persistent, if modest, voice may be what bridges the gap between Italy's national languor and a future embrace of the rest of the world. Severgnini has a very specific bridge in mind. "Not the Ponte dei Sospiri [Bridge of Sighs] - it's too expensive. And I'm not talking Golden Gate or Brooklyn, I'm talking one of the little bridges in Venice that goes across a calle. You need that little bridge." It might be strange to label a bridge to the wider world as "little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Be Italian | 8/20/2006 | See Source »

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