When bureaucracy becomes overwhelming, loopholes become self-sustaining.
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Herr
When Proactive gets mad at Many, Multiple does the dirty work.
Underworld
Milan's forgotten network of World War II air raid shelters is a hard core legacy.
51 summers
Meet the machine that puts food in the mouth and pushes it down.
Slups
When in doubt about kissing technique, learn the language.
Annuit cœptis
Nearly three decades after 1984, Orwellianism is finally outdated.
Di colore
When your neighbor wants to know if you know "colored people," you wake up.
Kill the bastards
The nature of war-making has changed over centuries, now closing in on farce.
Kimchi blues
In Rome, conversation is cheap, and good; ethnic food is another story.
The princess budget
In "Roman Holiday," life was just grand on $1.50 a day.
Poisoned fruit
The debate over new Italian wiretap legislation misses some key points.
On the rocks
A hard-knocks first presidential term hardly unusual in U.S. politics.