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...As its new doge, La Scala has enrolled Luca Salsi, regarded by many as the finest Verdi baritone of his generation....
...Mr Senard was parachuted into Renault in January this year to settle the carmaker and bring some peace to the then-warring alliance....
...On Tuesday, the French carmaker named former Volkswagen and Fiat executive Luca de Meo as its new CEO, although he will not take up the post for several months....
...The speech, viewed 2.5m times on Mr Conte’s Facebook page, created a social media surge that even impressed the mastermind creator of Mr Salvini’s social media operation, Luca Morisi....
...With the exception of Yetta, it’s a masculine world, and over the conventional three-act structure, which takes us from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, we see the power transfer from Yetta’s warring sons...
...robert.shrimsley@ft.com ; Twitter: @robertshrimsley Illustration by Lucas Varela...
...In Athens, on the other hand, Mr Papademos is saddled with a cabinet made up of leaders of the country’s two warring political factions....
...“Is it too much to hope,” he asked in the Court of Appeal, “that before they embark on this next round of litigation, these warring parties can be brought to understand the merit of mediation and the advantages...
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...Lucas, who has rolled-up sleeves and combed-over hair, is a historian and world expert on the French Revolution....
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