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...happened accidentally. I was doing my military service and I had 20 days off on vacation in Milan. A friend said, "Do you want to work for two weeks for a photographer in a department store?" and I said yes. I started assisting the photographer, designing the windows and things. Soon after that they asked me to oversee the fashion. And I thought, Why not? It was creative work. It involved teamwork. After a few years I realized that this was really what I wanted to do for the rest of my life...
...workers first when layoffs arrive. The Italian Senate approved a bill Thursday that encourages doctors to turn in illegal immigrants who they've treated. Put simply, bad times fuel xenophobia. "History is full of cases of scapegoating triggered by economic crisis," says Francesco Billari, a professor of demography at Milan's Bocconi University. "Immigrants make an easy scapegoat: if you can't fight China, you can fight the Chinese at home...
...Complaint: Andres Felipe Alonso-Rodriguez flew on Ryanair last August from Valencia, Spain, to Milan. At check-in, the scale at the airline counter showed that his bag weighed 12 kg (26.5 lb.), 2 kg above the limit for a carry-on, so Alonso-Rodriguez was forced to check it. The cost: 20 euros. That's almost one euro for every one of his names...
...first, seconds after Harvard’s first power-play opportunity ended. Assistant captain Alex Biega stole the puck from a Union defenseman before passing it to Rogers, waiting on the left post. Though Rogers missed his first attempt at goal, clumsy goaltending by Dutchmen netminder Corey Milan allowed Rogers to bury it on the rebound. “[Biega] gave me a great pass right on my stick,” Rogers said. “I’m not going to lie; I kinda fanned on the first one, but [the puck] luckily came back...
...share price is near an all-time low, and Tuesday's deal may have been an attempt, above all, by Fiat to strut for investors. Fiat shares, which had been suspended earlier Tuesday, rose nearly 4.5% after the deal was announced, only to end the trading day in Milan down 1.3%, to 4.42 euros...