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  WTI Magazine #85    2016 November 21Author : Fondazione Symbola      Translation by:   The green economy has proved to be one of the most significant and effective responses to the crisis. A reaction that crosses the deep nature of our economy: the push for quality and beauty, natural allies of an efficient use of energy and matter, innovation...

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  WTI Magazine #25    2014 Apr, 11Author : buonenotizie.it      Translation by:   Just imagine traveling miles - three to be exact - in a scenario hanging in the balance between Dante's "Inferno" and Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". Stalactites and stalagmites everywhere, calcite crystals twinkling in the dark.     The silence dominates, cl...

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  WTI Magazine #75    2016 January 18Author : John Cabot University      Translation by:   The stubborn myth that Classical Studies, and particularly the study of Latin, is an impractical and unprofitable pursuit, has been solidly discredited by wildly successful professionals like Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg (the Facebook founder with a $6.9 bi...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : Giulia Carletti     Translation by:   A long corridor to pass, then a magnificent spectacle. The Sistine Chapel is one of the most iconic buildings in the world, as well as a powerful work of art. The Chapel is 40.23 meters long, 13.40 meters wide, and 20.70 meters high (about 132 by 44 by 68 feet) and...

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  WTI Magazine #82    2016 August 19Author : Giulia Casati for the Italian School NJ      Translation by:   One thing everyone knows about Italians is that they love their food. They love their bread, their pasta, their pizza, and nothing else is like a good lasagna made by their grandma. Salami, focaccia, gelato, hey, anything Italian is delici...

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  WTI Magazine #85    2016 November 21Author : Agnese Tortosa      Translation by:   It was really touching. I witnessed several parades in my life, some of them in New York, but to march representing my own country, well... it has been completely different. I am writing this article to express with more details what I experienced, trying to des...

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WTI Magazine #4    2013 Nov, 8Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by: The Language Institute   Milan, 1930's   Even though it's right in the center, the end of Corso Venezia was in the midst of construction. Up until the last decade, only fields and urban gardens were there, giving way then to the...

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  WTI Magazine #25    2014 Apr, 11Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   Three days ago, Matteo Renzi's Government released the DEF (Document for Economy and Finance). The executive branch has to issue this document and propose it to the Parliament by June 30th: it is not a law, but it is a commitment that the government has to keep...

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  WTI Magazine #75    2016 January 18Author : Giosuè Prezioso      Translation by:   Interestingly, Italian shares the etymology of its months with most of the European languages. Gennaio (January), Febbraio (February), Marzo (March), and so on are common to all the Latin languages, but also, to others. The word for "March", for instance, is the...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : Edoardo Peretti      Translation by:   "Non essere cattivo" by Claudio Caligari, the beautiful Italian movie selected to represent our country for the Oscar as "Foreign Language Film", didn't get the nomination. Despite this, the Oscar ceremony spoke Italian: the Oscar for best soundtrack has been won...

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  WTI Magazine #85    2016 November 21Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   The Alba White Truffle World Market is the largest international exhibition of truffles coming from the Piedmontese hills of Langhe, Roero and Monferrato. Every day, thousands of batches of truffles, freshly picked, are displayed and sold by the "trifolao" themselv...

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  WTI Magazine #25    2014 Apr, 11Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by:   If there is a gray area in the common people's attention to the history of art, this is definitely one that covers the artistic production of 1800. If the painting, thanks to the romantic current that led to the testimonies of great historical and literary events o...

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