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Britain's new friend struts about in fancy dress and throws dollars to the poor. But will the Libyans still put up with him? - Profile: Colonel Gaddafi
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Britain's new friend, basked in the eulogies from the Foreign Office minister Mike O'Brien, who called at his tent recently....(Continue Reading) Fellini is dead - image of poor Italy
Halfway through a busy sightseeing day in Florence, I sit down for lunch at a sidewalk cafe with my Italian friends Roberto and Manfredo. The phone rings ......(Continue Reading)Midnight? Let's throw something: the English barely throw parties, let alone pots and pans. Sara Ferro Ribeiro on how to liven up New Year
On New Year's Eve in Spain, much as in Portugal, every family member must have with them 12 grapes just before the clock strikes, in order to eat one ......(Continue Reading)Talking shop: wonder what makes shoppers tick? 5 retail superstars reveal how to please customers and, more important, how to keep them coming back for
Is it a trend or a fad? Will it sell or wind up on the clearance rack? Will it turn my customers on or off? These are questions retailers face ever day. Make the wrong decision, and witness a sales...(Continue Reading)English Merchants in Seventeenth-Century Italy
English Merchants in Seventeenth-Century Italy, by Gigliola Pagano de Divitiis. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1997. xv, 202 pp. $59.95. Historians ......(Continue Reading)
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