Word: veneto
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dolce vita" derived mainly from Fellini's personal impressions of the Via Veneto, Rome's street of outdoor cafes and nightclubs, which had become by the late 1950s an international hangout for the trendy. When the film first opened in 1960, it was extremely controversial, a fact which contributed greatly to its financial success. The Italian clergy was outraged by "La dolce vita." Because Catholics saw "La dolce vita" as irreligious, the film acquired a reputation as a scandalous celebration of the very decadence which it seems to denounce. Ironically, in response to "La dolce vita", the Via Veneto attempted...
...work and his world were bigger than life, from the days when young Federico came from Rimini to Rome, sketching caricatures on Via Veneto tablecloths. And so in his later films, faces are pressed against the window of the camera lens; people talk too loud or too much; makeup is applied with a trowel; actors are encouraged to go over the top, to skywrite their emotions on the screen...
...ranked third in the East behind Ancient Eight power Dartmouth and Boston University, jumped on the scoreboard nine minutes into the contest when Wildcats junior Aaron Porter headed a cross pass from teammate Mike Veneto into the right corner...
About 13 minutes later, Veneto took advantage of some Harvard misfortunes to double the Crimson deficit. A UNH pass in front of the net deflected off of a Harvard defender, and Veneto finished the ball easily and boosted his team's lead to two goals...
...Veneto] is always a threat, and he's clearly their best player," Locker said...