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Word: funicular (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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From Marina Grande most visitors take a shiny new aluminum funicular (fare: 28?) up to the tiny Piazza Umberto, Capri's main square. There the day excursionist mounts the steps behind the piazza-to save money, he does not take a cafe table-and watches the crowd swirling beneath: men with pink shoes and dyed blond hair, women in sequined toreador slacks or skintight shorts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Isle of Dreams | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

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