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...every desire fulfilled immediately into an adult who learns how to take care of himself and learns he has deep feelings for others." Such eternal moral complexities have regularly lured artists and playwrights to revise and adapt Pinocchio, and a roster of cinema greats and not-so-greats have risen to the challenge, though, to Italian eyes, none has ever quite nailed him. Benigni told a preview audience two weeks ago how his friend, the late Italian director Federico Fellini, used to call him Pinochietto and urged him to do a Pinocchio. "I feel so much like Pinocchio that when...
Napoleon once remarked that if the world were a single state, Istanbul would be its rightful capital. The Turkish city's fortunes have risen and fallen on the tides of empire, being last demoted when Ankara became the capital of the newly founded republic in 1923. But 2,700-year-old Istanbul is used to comebacks, and today the city is enjoying a massive revival, thanks to a deft mix of old and new. Driving toward the city center from the new airport, you pass through 5th century walls built by Emperor Theodosius II. Downtown, Roman, Byzantine and Otto...
...million. INDICATORS Chocolate Prices Get Hot Cocoa prices hit 17-year highs of $2,317 a ton as rebel forces in the Ivory Coast blocked roads and moved toward the key trading town of Daloa. The country produces 40% of the world's cocoa, and prices have risen nearly 15% since the fighting began. That Should Catch Them Rest easy: prompted by the government, American business is enlisting itself in the war on terror. Dell Computer's online order form now asks: "Will the product(s) be used in connection with weapons of mass destruction, i.e. nuclear applications, missile technology...
...unroofed” after his parents’ deaths and his memories of playing marbles as a child. Mix thoughtfully and voila. “Suddenly you are like a pharoah,” he sweeps his arm slowly, grandly, “let it be risen...
...twelfth that of the U.S. He speculates that the reason may be its less sensational media and more enlightened politicians. If he has no answers to U.S. violence, he does offer some scapegoats. He blames TV news for creating a climate of unjustified fear (reports of killings have risen 600%, he says, while the murder rate has decreased 20%) and the Executive Branch for an us-vs.-them foreign policy...