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Although manufacturers feared that the Vespa's popularity would be short-lived, within 10 years Piaggio had sold more than 1 million. The sexy little scooter was immortalized in the 1953 movie Roman Holiday as the vehicle of choice of the dolce vita set. And two decades later, it became the symbol of disenfranchised youth in Quadrophenia. Today it's still the low-cost, high-status alternative to cars in big cities and on college campuses. ?By James Scully
...1980s and '90s: Isabella Rossellini posing as an actress in the style of the neorealistic cinema that her father founded; Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington dressed as showgirls falling in love with Italian boys in New York City's Little Italy; Monica Bellucci re-enacting Fellini's La Dolce Vita. The designers' ad campaigns alone?most shot by Steven Meisel?are a lesson in vintage Italian style...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Quarterback Anthony Vita came off the bench to spark a fourth-quarter rally and Nick Hartigan ran for 193 yards and two touchdowns as Brown defeated Dartmouth 24-14 on Saturday to clinch its third Ivy League championship. The victory was the seventh in a row for the Bears (8-1, 5-1 Ivy), who moved into sole possession of first place with one league game remaining with Princeton’s 21-14 loss to Yale. Brown clinched at least a tie for the championship, but can win its first outright league title with...
Some of these films broke out of the art houses to the general audience. A Man and a Woman, I Am Curious (Yellow), Z--all were hits. Fellini's 3-hour La Dolce Vita, released in subtitled and dubbed versions, grossed the 1961 equivalent of $80 million. Part of its appeal was in the panoramic views of Roman naughtiness and Anita Ekberg's cleavage. But Fellini, along with many other directors, was experimenting with visual language. Imagine: here were new ways of seeing the world on film...
...Vita-Mix Professional Series is one expensive blender. But this commercial-grade appliance not only emulsifies, grinds and chops; it also turns raw vegetables into steaming hot soup in five minutes...