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...landmarks by which cities identify themselves, bridges are the most evocative. Prague has its Charles Bridge, Florence its Ponte Vecchio, San Francisco its Golden Gate. Bridges signify entry in a dramatic way that tunnels and ring roads simply cannot. So, as a way of projecting ideas for London's future, the Royal Academy asked seven European architects to design a new bridge for the Thames. Specifications: it should be inhabitable, which has set the city talking...
...first notes of "The Magic Flute" piercedthe evening and I noticed that the turrets on thePalazzo Vecchio flickered with flames. I couldn'tstop looking at them. If I didn't look down at thenatives clothed in halter tops and shorts, I couldalmost imagine myself in medieval times...
Mostly love -- or lust, since Leo is 12 and increasingly preoccupied with "the tail that swelled between my legs." The two scents, sweet and acrid, mingle whenever he sees his dream girl, Bianca (Giuditta Del Vecchio), a dark- haired waif who lives nearby. He has visions of Bianca standing in a Sicilian glade, singing Italian love songs in her thin, pure voice. Through the bathroom keyhole he has other views of Bianca. He watches her adjust her underclothes, then sees she is not alone. Grandfather is in the tub, naked, handing her money. "Sex," Leo writes, "I discovered between ignorance...
Hill said his main challenge will be to keep the team confident as it heads into an uncertain year. Harvard will be losing top performers Jim Mrowka, Nick Del Vecchio and Dan Scanlan to graduation...
...second, junior catcher Phil Andriola hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring senior designated hitter Nick Del Vecchio. Junior third-baseman Pat Hegarty immediately followed with a line-shot homerun over the Green Monster in left, tying the score...