In high summer, it seems that everyone in Italy is here, but June and September are the Gargano's finest months, when the carnival-like crowds are gone, but not everything is closed.

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Last summer, he took over Pescara in Italy's second tier, and the magic returned.

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The city's liveliest summer patio district is in boho Little Italy on College West.

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Bush plans to return to Europe later this summer for the annual meeting of the Group of Eight nations in Genoa, Italy.

CNN: Bush offers alternative environmental plan

Speculation has been rife in Italy and England that Ancelotti will leave Milan for Chelsea in the summer.

CNN: Milan coach Ancelotti "100 percent" to stay

The season finale would have our protagonist jetting off to La Rocca Pisana in Lonigo, Italy, where Ms. Ireland lived for a memorable summer at age 17.

WSJ: Kathryn M. Ireland on La Rocca Pisana's Dining Room

After Spain suspended all funding programs for renewables in the final days of January, Italy has signaled that they will restructure their own systems this summer, all but erasing financial support as both countries try to reel in spending in accordance with deficit goals and under pressure from stronger EU member states.

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