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Sophia Loren

Name at birth: Sofia ScicoloneSophia Loren was one of Italian film's great 20th-century sex symbols. She hit it big in the movies in 1950s, thanks especially to film producer Carlo Ponti (whom she…

Brewer's: Non mi Recordo

a shuffling way of saying “I don't choose to answer that question.” It was the usual answer of the Italian courier and other Italian witnesses when on examination at the trial of Queen…

Brewer's: Tramontane

(3 syl.). The north wind; so called by the Italians because to them it comes over the mountains. The Italians also apply the term to German, French, and other artists born north of the…

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William JaggardThomas JamesJeremiah Whipple JenksGeorg JensenNicolas Jenson William Stanley JevonsSteve JobsJohn of SpeyerEldridge Reeves JohnsonEmory Richard JohnsonHoward JohnsonTom Loftin…

Winter Olympics 2006: Daily Highlights

Top news of the 2006 Winter Games, day by day by Erin Teare Martin 2/10 • 2/11 • 2/12 • 2/13 • 2/14 • 2/15 • 2/16 • 2/17 • 2/18 • 2/19 • 2/20 • 2/21 • 2/22 • 2/23 • 2/24…

Leonardo Follis 2001 Deaths

Leonardo FollisAge: 34 Italian World Cup cross-country skier; brother of Arianna Follis, a leading Italian women's cross-country skier. He died in an avalanche.Died: Aosta, Italy, March…

Brewer's: Roland

Count of Mans and Knight of Blaives, was son of Duke Milo of Aiglant, his mother being Bertha, the sister of Charlemagne. His sword was called Durandal, and his horse Veillantiff. He was…

Oetzi Iceman

The prehistoric mountaineer known as the Oetzi (Ötzi) Iceman was discovered at a height of 3200 meters (more than 10,000 feet) in the Tyrolean Alps on 19 September 1991. The frozen body was…

Africa's Newest Country

The Question: What is Africa's youngest/newest country? The Answer: Africa's newest country is Eritrea, which is located in the East Africa. Eritrea's citizens voted on April 23-25, 1993, to…

Benito Mussolini

Known as "Il Duce" -- the Leader -- Benito Mussolini was the Fascist dictator of Italy during World War II. Benito Mussolini was born in a small town in northern Italy. His mother was a…