In an interview that never took place, some sound bites on soccer violence.
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Table
Valentine’s Day 1999. But before that, a prime minister, a pope, and a dying king.
Milan Quiz
Arriving in Milan from Paris, our taxi driver had a losing run-in with a panettone.
Slow Transit
I lived in San Giovanni di Laterano, so I had a jumble of bus numbers: 85, 87, 571, 117, 860. I never played favorites.
Free Beer
American campuses in Italy face an mini-epidemic of drinking among students. But it’s not a problem their own making.
House
The Italian popularity of TV's “House, M.D.” — or “Doctor House” — is all about boys and girls thrilled by loners they can’t be.
No more summit
Surge is the done deal word, and a “cool” one at that, but the one that's left behind is summit.
Meds
A trip to USA .07 yields awesome med-peddlers and close encounters with the ruling crass.
Sex & lizards
My hair flapped in the wind. I was King of Italy. Briefly.
The human factor
I am a housewife, not an economist, so I'll keep it simple...
Harm & Foul
Executing Saddam Hussein is hardly a triumph of justice or good intentions. It just unfinished business.
The fix
Both state and church associate destiny with hardship, and hardship with hope.