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[Alex Martelli]

"Frank Stajano" <no.spam at thanks> wrote in message
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> "Alex Martelli" <aleaxit at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> >  so, I have
> > to _achieve_ simplicity (rather than being born to it, or having it
> > thrust upon me),
>
> Although this has very little to do with the rest of the discussion, I
> believe you once read the hilarious little booklet by Lou D'Angelo called
> "How to be an Italian". Correct me if I am wrong.

Alas, no -- I was just (not very originally) paraphrasing the Bard.
My main references for "how to be an Italian" are Luigi Barzini and
Beppe Severgnini...


Alex