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...with the U.S. embassy circled in red. As news of the arrests spread, there was immediate concern that the city's water supply was a terrorist target, with some reports indicating that the terrorists had identified access to the water system under the U.S. embassy on the Via Veneto. But further investigation led authorities to suspect that they had thwarted not an attempt to poison the water supply, but the kind of chemical attack that Ben Khemais plotted last spring...
...Interior under Bush 23. U.S. Open 1994 and 1997 winner 24. The yoke's on them 25. Judge Johnson, named to hear Clinton's disbarment case 28. "Yada yada yada..." 31. "High __" (Anderson play) 32. J.C., who'll be prominent at the G.O.P. convention 33. Rome's __ Veneto 34. Robert Morse role 35. Author Oz 36. Retrovirus that invades T cells 37. Swell place? 39. Trebek or Sajak 40. Its soccer team scored a shocker in the European championship 43. Friday, e.g. 44. Move, in Realtor-speak 45. Its board of ed. has urged schools to post the motto...
...Veneto auto 2. Former Screen Actors Guild president 3. Nicknamed "Dr. Subtle," he's on track to become the next premier of Italy 4. Wall St. debut 5. 1993 Kevin Kline title role 6. Shell game 7. Tuned in 8. Hoops great Charles, who has announced his retirement 9. Old White House nickname 10. Mack of early television 13. Navigator Ron, for whom the Lebanese prisoners were used as bargaining chips 15. Garden State five 19. Ford's "__ America!" campaign will give away hundreds of thousands of children's safety seats 21. Ripken, the latest member...
...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...