Word: umbertos
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...Rome's city government has had enough. It has tried for years to crack down on the city's freelance gladiators - and has now decided that the best way to do that is to give travelers a more realistic experience. Umberto Broccoli, the recently named head of archaeology for Rome, is pushing ahead with a proposal to recreate gladiator battles in or near the Coliseum. Dressed in original costumes and carrying actual swords and tridents (unlike the plastic and aluminum toy replicas used by the current hustlers), well-trained gladiator actors will be choreographed to perform historically accurate battles like...
...true that Italy still often seems splintered by regional allegiances. But "from the Alps to Sicily," as Mameli put it, many Italians are united in wondering what plans Umberto Bossi has next for a country he has pledged to serve but can barely stand...
...patriotism is the last refuge for scoundrels, what do you call a Cabinet minister who flips off the national anthem? Certainly not a statesman - nor a reliable political partner. By waving his middle finger Sunday while barking out a verse of Il Canto degli Italiani, Italy's Reforms Minister Umberto Bossi raised real questions about the long-term viability of Silvio Berlusconi's center-right ruling coalition...
...Ultimately, the issue that Europe's extreme right is focused on now is not Israel or Jews, but immigrants. During Berlusconi's last government, Fini was coauthor with rightist Northern League ally Umberto Bossi of a series of severe anti-immigration measures, including instant deportations and requirements that foreigners must have a fixed job to remain in the country. The next time fascist nostalgics or neo-Nazis attack a defenseless man on the street, there is a high probability it will be an immigrant. Such assaults in the past have indeed been aimed at immigrants. And that too is part...
...enter 10 Boston College’s athletic div. 11 President’s tacit rejection 12 Set up 13 Rapper Sean Combs’ alias from 2001-2005 18 Former Marlins pitcher ___ Nen 22 Up, in a sense 25 Ye ___ shoppe 26 Goes in haste 27 Author Umberto 29 Tease 30 Tokyo’s former name 31 Source of many a boring lecture 32 Uber 33 Showed amazement, as at a firework display 38 Biblical question 39 Tennis great Sampras 40 Sounds of content 41 And so on, briefly 42 Abbr. in two U.S. state names 44 Super...