Aeolian Islands
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`Diary' of a Funny Director
; ...writer/director Nanni Moretti. In this serendipitous, documentary-style comedy, Moretti cruises through Rome, visits the Lipari Islands and undergoes a battery of medical tests for a mysterious medical condition - all the while telling us exactly what's on...
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think pink.(interior decoration in home of society figure Gabby Karan)(Brief Article)
; ...extensively--through Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal, and Buthan. This summer she will stay closer to home, sailing around the Lipari Islands in southern Italy with her friend Gian Paolo di Felice, an Alitalia pilot. As a freelance fashion associate, Gabby is closely...
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Antonioni phenomenon; 'L'Avventura' got it started.(WASHINGTON WEEKEND)(FROM THE VAULTS)
; ...that threatens to grow bleaker with every passing day. The first pivotal setting gives the movie an eerie distinction - the Lipari Islands off the northeastern coast of Sicily, where a yachting party is interrupted by the disappearance of one of the guests, a...
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Italian food growing in popularity
; ...Aeolus, the Eolian archipelago is located off the northeast coast of Sicily in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Called the Aeolian or Lipari Islands, it comprises Alicudi, Filicudi, Lipari, Panarea, Salina, and Stromboli, which are popular food names. * Cucina Italiana...
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CUCINA ITALIANA; BY THE NUMBERS.(TASTE)(SERIES: CUCINA ITALIANA)
; ...Calabria as it is in Louisiana. - Black-eyed peas, a Southern favorite from Virginia to Mississippi, are quite popular in the Lipari islands off the coast of Sicily. - The tomatoes in the southern parts of both countries are the most acidic, and to many palates...
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Kids' Stuff
; ...In this serendipitous, documentary-style comedy Italian writer/director Nanni Moretti cruises through Rome, visits the Lipari Islands and undergoes a battery of tests for a mysterious medical condition -- all the while telling us exactly what's on his mind...
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Aeolian Islands
Aeolian Islands (Isole Lipari), Italy Also known as the Eolie Islands. A group of seven volcanic islands, including the semi‐active Stromboli, named by the Greeks after Aeolus, king of the winds. In Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey , Odysseus...
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Lipari Islands
, formerly Aeolian Islands , Ital. Isole Eolie, volcanic island...Panarea; Filicudi; Alicudi; and 11 other islands. Fishing is an important occupation...for whom they were formerly named, the islands were colonized by the Greeks in the...
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Aeolus
, in Greek mythology. 1 The wind god. He lived on the island of Aeolia, where he kept the winds in a cave. 2 Son of Hellen and ancestor of the Aeolian branch of the Hellenic race.
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Lesbos
...Mylini) Third-largest Greek island, 10km (6mi) off the nw coast of Turkey, in the Aegean Sea; the capital is Mitilíni. Aeolians settled Lesbos in c. 1000 bc. In the 7th and 6th centuries bc , it was a cultural centre. It was held at various times by Persia...
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Aeolus
...confined, but Odysseus's careless companions open the bag, releasing the winds and driving their ship back to shore. Later writers depicted Aeolus as a minor god rather than a human being. The Aeolian harp is named for him. Aeolus Aeolus Aeolus
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