Word: italianized
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...exit leading off Interstate 17, 73 miles north of Phoenix, it shimmers in the summer heat, a mirage-like vision that somewhat resembles parts of battlestar Galactica crash-landed in the desert. Arcosanti. The name alone suggests hallucination. It is derived from arcology (architecture concerned with ecology) and cosanti (Italian for "thing before"). An engineer showing off the unfinished structure's apses and arches proudly describes it as "the city of the future taking shape in the state of the past...
...idea behind Arcosanti is beguilingly simple: since cities shape society, they should be constructed in ways that accelerate human development. "We can't go back to nature," says Paolo Soleri, 61, the Italian-born architect who is Arcosanti's prime mover and chief guru, by way of exhorting the band of vagrants, zealots and children of the '60s who have followed him into the desert. The city, Soleri argues, is a necessary tool for nudging the human spirit toward the "omega point," a state of highly evolved consciousness. Humanity's enemy is urban sprawl. The Soleri...
Frugality is a Koch trademark in both city management and personal life. He frequents inexpensive Italian cafés. He entertains friends in his apartment, cooking dinners himself in his narrow galley. The menu is usually basic: steak, salad, an inexpensive New York State wine and vanilla ice cream. "I don't like chichi parties and fancy restaurants-partly because I hate to pay the bills," says the mayor...
...worst terrorist attack in Western Europe since World War II, which authorities attribute to neo-Fascist extremists, demonstrably deepened public distrust of Italian officialdom. Outside the cathedral, a crowd of 200,000 jammed the Piazza Maggiore and made their feelings known. Popular President Alessandro Pertini received only token applause, while Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga and other political leaders were greeted with whistles and boos. Only seven of the victims' coffins were lined up before the main altar for the public Mass; most of the bereaved relatives had preferred to bury their dead privately as an act of protest against...
...More placement tests, in Italian, Latin, Hebrew, Greek and Russian. Thankfully, you can't take any more than one of them at once...