Word: italianized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what its creators at GM had hoped. Determined to shed the stodgy image that has caused the company to lose so many upscale U.S. buyers to Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar and other imported brands, Cadillac decided it needed a pinch of European flair. So the carmaker teamed up with the Italian design firm Pininfarina to create an entirely new model and help revitalize Cadillac's fallen prestige. Result: a nimble, sexy vehicle that Don Johnson of Miami Vice might be proud to drive...
...Allante certainly comes dear. It is by far the most expensive production car that GM has ever made, surpassing the 1986 Seville ($27,600). Christened with a made-up Italianate name, the 1987 Allante got its start in 1982, when Cadillac engaged the venerated Pininfarina firm, best known for its Ferrari body styles, to design the car and build its outer shell. The car's planners searched all over the world for the components, settling on an electronics system from Japan and aluminum hood and deck lid from Switzerland, among other parts. Pininfarina assembles the bodies in a factory near...
...book--and was the subject of one--on celluloid disasters. But that has not stopped Director Michael Cimino from undertaking yet another big-budget epic: The Sicilian, based on Mario Puzo's best-selling novel. Now being filmed in Italy, the movie centers on the short, bloody career of Italian Gangster Salvatore Giuliano, a real-life Robin Hood of the late '40s who dreamed of turning Sicily into a U.S. state. He is played by the French heartthrob (and most recent Tarzan) Christopher Lambert, 29, who unhesitatingly grabbed the chance to work with Cimino. "He is a very passionate...
...born in Milan in 1955 during a low period for Italian Catholicism, when the church's teachings seemed outmoded, especially on campuses. One day a priest watched in frustration while a young Communist was working up the emotions of his rapt audience. Don Luigi Giussani, then 32, asked himself why Catholics could not make their message just as enthralling. He began organizing students. Recalls Robi Ronza, 45, editor of Bell' Italia, who was in high school when he first met Giussani: "We were all struck by the simplicity of his message. He did not say, 'Let's play soccer...
...especially in Latin America. In the U.S., there are about 150 members, mainly in large Eastern cities. New York City's John Cardinal O'Connor, an ardent preacher against American materialism, went to Rimini last year and, impressed with what he saw, promised his support. The group's strong Italian identity, however, may hamper its effectiveness elsewhere. Says a Vatican spokesman: "They must de- Italianize their terms to grow in the world...