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What a difference a year makes: Gardini reached the peak of his fame only last spring, when his racing yacht, Il Moro di Venezia, defied sailing experts and reached the finals in the America's Cup. Il Moro's success cast Gardini as the personification of Italian style, an image especially sweet for a man whose childhood on a farm in Ravenna earned him the lifelong nickname "il contadino," the peasant...
...under investigation for corruption and for having ties to the Mafia. He has denied both accusations. The possibility of a Mafia connection at the pinnacle of power opened the door on far more sinister misbehavior than bribe taking. Suddenly, high-level murders, including those of former Prime Minister Aldo Moro following his kidnapping by the Red Brigades in 1978 and of General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, head of anti-Mafia operations in Sicily, in 1982, were being scrutinized anew. So was the embezzlement, allegedly by Christian Democrats, of $40 billion in aid intended to rebuild several southern cities after...
...specifications for contending vessels in 1989, technology became more important than ever as teams scrambled to build a qualifying boat that would respect the rules and still win races. New technology doesn't come cheap. The two boats competing in the finals -- America 3 from the U.S. and Il Moro di Venezia from Italy -- have together devoured $160 million in development costs. The millionaires funding these efforts, American energy entrepreneur William Koch and Italian businessman Raul Gardini, are hoping their largesse will pay off in the best-of-seven finals that began last weekend...
...swift final race certified Bill Koch's America 3 as the America's Cup defender, with veteran Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes well astern and out of the competition, seven races to four. This Saturday the Americans will face Il Moro, the Italian entry, skippered by canny Paul Cayard, which won the challenger's match over New Zealand...
...trailing Koch's craft 4 to 2 in a best-of-13 final at the end of last week. In the challenger series, to decide which foreign entry will face the Americans on May 9, the New Zealand enjoyed a 4-to-1 lead over Italy's Il Moro di Venezia (pictured above with the red spinnaker in an early round against the Kiwis...