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July 28, 2009

Family Business is Buzzing

by Nicole Ely

Plugged Into the Past

by Michiko Theurer

A Special Calling

by Pauline Talens

Wreaths, Trials and Fountains

Three times a year the Renaissance town of Urbino, Italy, is pierced with raucous laughter and song. Young students are seen marching into somber chambers before robed judges and striding across the piazza triumphantly crowned with laurel wreaths like conquering Caesars. Some are even thrown bodily into the town’s fountain.
Graduation day around this ancient college town is [...]

by Jack Turner | July 28th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , ,
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While I was walking back from an interview downtown this afternoon, I came across a group of people gathered around a recent graduate, crowned with laurels. As I was lowering my camera, a man from the graduation party approached me with a large Nikon and asked if I would take their picture. Naturally, I agreed, [...]

by Michiko Theurer | July 10th, 2009 | Tags: , ,
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My own correspondent.

I’m feeling the whiskey and “coca” already. “They make them strong at this cafe,” I tell my teammate, Alyssa. The heat of half-past noon feels good here on the Piazza della Repubblica. The soft wicker of the cafe chairs seem too good to rise from. I want to sit longer chatting with my team [...]

by Jack Turner | July 10th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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