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Apre al pubblico il 22 agosto l' esposizione "Le Onde: waves of Italian Influence (1924-1971)", grazie a cui sara' possibile per la prima volta ammirare circa 20 opere italiane e internazionali appartenenti alla collezione permanente del museo, raramente o mai esposte prima. La mostra, resa possibile grazie al sostegno dell' Ambasciata d'Italia neg...

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"Whereas if Meucci had been able to pay the $ 10 fee to maintain the caveat after 1874 no patent could have been issued to Bell": così il Congresso degli Stati Uniti riconosceva nel 2002 la paternità dell'invenzione del telefono – erroneamente attribuita per oltre un secolo all'americano Alexander Bell – ad un italiano, nato il 13 aprile del 1808 e...

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By Tom Sietsema The smartest thing the owner of the new MCafe Bar did was wrap the restaurant's exterior in a big blue awning that commands the attention of everyone who passes it. The fabric acts like a neon sign on a street where competition for diners is fresh and fierce. "Contemporary Italian Cuisine," the letters on the facade practically scr...

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Actor Edward Gero has spent a lot of time in court over the past year — the Supreme Court to be exact — watching, studying and listening to one justice in particular, seeing how he behaves.   Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, is one of the court's most conservative, outspoken and polarizing characters, and now those qualities are providing the ing...

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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) has elected a new Board of Directors for the 2013-2017 term during a March 15, 2013, meeting at the Wigwam Golf Resort & Spa in Litchfield Park, Ariz. Joseph V. Del Raso, a partner at Pepper Hamilton LLP in Philadelphia, Pa., and former NIAF president, executive vice president, general counsel an...

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may have more than quintupled his net worth in 2012 according to a financial disclosure statement released Wednesday. Alito's 23-page financial disclosure reveals that his net worth was somewhere between $2.3 million and $6.2 million in 2012. In 2011, the range the justice reported was between $380,000 and $...

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The American Foundation for Saint George Hospital recently honored Norristown native Joseph Cicippio at a gala held at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC.   According to program notes from the dinner and reception, Cicippio, president of Technical Specialties, Inc., has had an illustrious career, which included serving on the Boar...

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CALL FOR PAPERS. Italian Language and Culture Conference: New directions in Teaching and Research - Georgetown University, Washington DC Saturday, October 24th 2015 Keynote Speaker: Nicoletta Marini-Maio, Dickinson College   The Department of Italian at Georgetown University together with the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultu...

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by Rachel Nania   When Antonio Carluccio was walking from the stoop of his hotel in Old Town Alexandria to meet the trolley that would take him down to the final block of King Street, he was stopped by a police officer. "You're Antonio Carluccio, aren't you?" the officer asked the 78-year-old man.   It was somewhat of a celebrity...

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È indubbio ormai l'effetto sul contesto economico e culturale che la globalizzazione sta imprimendo alle società. Cambiamenti che per la maggior parte risultano impercettibili ma che arrivano ad incidere sempre di più nella vita di tutti i giorni.

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