Michele Lupi, editor of Italian GQ, abandoned his studies of architecture for the lure of journalism but has retained a love for beautifully designed buildings.

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They had helped fund their daughter's year in Italy in order to further her Italian, German and creative writing studies.

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Egypt's minister of culture said the Italian Government had offered Egypt feasibility studies, and the World Bank had offered to provide long-term loans.

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Professor Hume said studies of Spanish and Italian schoolchildren had shown that youngsters who were mildly or moderately deficient in iodine have lower intelligence.

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Denis's solidly constructed studies of clouds and hilly Italian landscapes washed in dusty light are irresistible, as are his "View on the Quirinal Hill, Rome" (1800) and "Fortified Wall, Italy" (c. 1786-1806), with their geometric architecture, bathed in afternoon sun, played against sky and foliage.

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It is thought that seventh-century Italian monks invented the snack to reward children after prayer studies, with the recipe then spreading to Austria and Germany.

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Partisan application "of the rules of the game would rapidly destroy their acceptability by the member states, " argued Philippe de Schoutheete, a former Belgian diplomat, and Stefano Micossi, a well-known Italian economist, in an essay published last month by the Centre for European Policy Studies.

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