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" ... During the last days of WWII, the Nazis systematically destroyed aqueducts, reservoirs and the sewer system in Naples. Left without sanitation the city of more than a million people was plagued with a lice-transmitted typhus epidemic which killed one out of four of the thousands who contracted it. Alarmed about the threat to our invading troops as well as the local population, General Eisenhower made a desperate plea to Washington for help. Fortunately, a secret weapon called DDT was ready just in time. By January 1, 1944, the first shipments of what would eventually amount to 60 tons arrived in Italy. People lined up as military police officers dusted them with the powder while other spray teams dusted public buildings and shelters. By month’s end a miracle occurred…the lice were virtually exterminated and the epidemic was over. ... "
" ... The Pont du Gard bridge is the highest and one of the most well-preserved Roman aqueducts in the world. Built in southern France in the first century (AD) it isn’t far from the Roman city of Avignon, is a UNESCO listed World Heritage site and attracts over a million visitors each year. ... "
" ... When a nation feels threatened it has a propensity to turn to the Strong Man and to cede him latitude. Consider America turning to George W. Bush in the wake of 9/11 and the latitude we gave him, based on false pretenses or flimsy misinformation, to wage a war that had catastrophic humanitarian consequences and squandered trillions of dollars that would have been better spent on rebuilding our roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, aqueducts and pipelines and supporting our own economy. ... "
" ... While the agreement between the city of Rome and Unindustria is unique in its kind, as it involves an association of multiple firms for the first time, it is not the first act of this kind to take place in the country. Over the years, numerous companies have sponsored restoration and brought light to some of the most important sites in Italy, acting as modern patrons for the arts. In Rome, for instance, high fashion companies such as Laura Biagiotti, Tod’s, Fendi, Bulgari and Gucci have made substantial donations to the city, between restorations and runways among symbolic monuments. As an example, the Colosseum received funding worth €25 million ($29 million) from Tod’s alone for restoration purposes, while Fendi focused on the capital’s fountains and aqueducts (including restoration of the Trevi Fountain) and Bulgari on the iconic stairs of Trinità dei Monti, the majestic church above Piazza di Spagna. More recently, in Milan, Leonardo’s Last Supper air system - an extremely complex one, given the fragile fresco technique with which it was painted - in Santa Maria delle Grazie was provided for by Eataly, the internationally renowned Italian food company, with an investment of €1 million ($1,16 million). ... "
" ... “The same way that we build roads, bridges and aqueducts using apprenticeship labor, to both train up that labor and deliver your road, we can do the same thing with government technology,” Soberal says. “We can raise up apprentices with a concentration on recruiting … from communities that have been historically disenfranchised, or communities of systemic poverty.” ... "