And be reminded that even the people who run the world, when seen in ski clothes struggling for footing on a slippery sidewalk or sweating like veal calfs in an overcrowded conference hall, are pretty much like the rest of us: affable, irritable, hungry for human contact.

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Enticed by free coffee and hot cocoa, Twins fans came layered in ski gear, hunting clothes and whatever else to keep warm.

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It is thanks to companies like these that Italy still exports more food-processing machines, washing machines, fridges, shoes and shoe-making machines, ski boots, ceramic tiles, jewels, woollen and silk clothes, radiators and boilers, optical frames and neck-ties than any other country in the world.

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