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	AN ITALIAN ROAD THAT MAY BE TOO SCENIC

ellington

9-2-2009 1:09 AM

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art, distracted, ride, roundabout

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THE RIDERS ARE PORTRAITS OF LAWMAKERS.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c7cca1dc-0dd4-4511-afa1-7c84645339d0/C85FF1E4-D71E-41ED-8629-9DD5273173C9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/world/europe/01italy.html?_r=1#" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/world/europe/01italy.html?_r=1#" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/world/europe/01italy.html?_r=1#"><NYT_HEADLINE type=" " version="1.0">
An Italian Road That May Be Too Scenic
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The riders are portraits of lawmakers. Politico spotting has become a new attraction at the circle.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/world/europe/01italy.html?_r=1#"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/ECED5346-2BEC-45EE-A624-FED6468A0555" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/world/europe/01italy.html?_r=1#"><P>BUGUGGIATE, <A title="More news and information about Italy." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/italy/index.html?inline=nyt-geo">Italy</A> — It is well known that driving while talking on a cellphone greatly increases the risk of an accident. But what about being distracted by art, particularly if it happens to be the hard-to-miss showpiece of a roundabout? </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/world/europe/01italy.html?_r=1#"><P> Take the sculpture of a pack of cyclists in a traffic circle here on a route to <A title="Lake Varese information from the Tourism Ministry" href="http://www.italiantourism.com/lakes3.html">Lake Varese</A>, in northern Italy. Drivers have been doing double takes ever since brightly colored metal cutouts were erected last year when Varese hosted the International Cycling Union’s world championship.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/world/europe/01italy.html?_r=1#"><P>The riders, circling a plane on a pedestal, are actually portraits of lawmakers from the Northern League, the Italian party that has one of its power bases in the area. Politico spotting has become a new attraction at the circle. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C85FF1E4-D71E-41ED-8629-9DD5273173C9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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