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...classic from Congressman Thomas Brackett Reed in the late 19th century, who said of two rivals that they "never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge." If Berlusconi had trotted that one out, he would have heard as many laughs as catcalls, and fine della storia. But Disraeli, Churchill and Reed are dead, and so is the fine art of the insult...
Opera in the buff? Why not? asks comely Diva Anna Moffo, who appears in the nude in the movie Una Storia a"A more. "I would strip in grand opera as completely as I do in motion pictures," she maintains. "By dropping clothes I think I drop not merely the so-called moral inhibitions but also a few others." Next, Oh! Carmen...
...beautiful soprano Anna Moffo has had more than her share of movie offers. But most of the roles were not for her, she said. They were just plain "dirty." Now Anna has apparently found the film she was waiting for. She is in Rome starring in Una Storia d'Amore, playing the long-suffering mistress of a flashy young cad who makes love to her (while taking blue movies with a remote-control camera), then tosses her out into the street. Doesn't all the naked grappling and wrestling qualify as dirty? Not at all, says Anna earnestly...
Mexitl was the God of War; the deity the most honored by the Mexicans?Storia Antico del Mexico...
...best History of Italian Literature is that of Gaspary (2 vols., 8vo.) either in the original German, or in the Italian translation. Bartoli's Storia della Leteratura Italiana, 6 vols., 12mo., the last vol. published in 1889, may also be recommended, but it is diffuse and the judgement of the author is less sound than that of Gaspary...
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