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...Italian wines in the U.S., a number of tour operators are offering a variety of wine tours, with immense success. One extravaganza, a twelve-day Bacchanalian Trip organized by Compagnia Italiana Turismo (CIT), meets guests at the Rome airport and deposits them, twelve vinous days later, at the Turin airport. The $698 immersion includes hotels, unlimited wine bibbing, visits to vineyards and cellars in the major winegrowing areas, and espresso and sympathy the mornings after...
...Roman numerals: De Gasperi VIII, Moro III and, most recently, Fanfani V. Italy has a system in which the exercise of normal executive power regularly unravels coalitions, but in which each new government is a virtual clone of the last. "Most campaigns have issues," says Paolo Garimberti of the Turin-based daily La Stampa. "Here we have no issues at all. It's not a question of changing the government. It's not a question of changing the Prime Minister, because it's quite likely that the Christian Democrats will have the Prime Minister again...
...crowded living room in the heart of Turin, Italy, thirty-odd family members, one American, and assorted family pets intently watched a single television screen, beaming the World Cup final live from Madrid...
...this observer, the night of the World Cup began in Turin with wild street celebrations. It ended in Milan, where I was expected to report to work the next morning. Somewhere in between came a two-hour train ride, but that journey has faded into oblivion...
...such shame." In France, Interior Minister Gaston Defferre remarked, "This report is the honor of Israel. It gives the world a new lesson in democracy." The Italian Communist paper L'Unita called the report "a turning point for Israel," while Italian Journalist Arrigo Levi wrote in La Stampa of Turin: "It would be difficult to find any other nation at war that would let itself be subject to such an open and hard self-criticism...