| 单词 | Pisa |
| 例句 | The man who reintroduced zero to the West was Leonardo of Pisa. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “The very same engineers who dealt with the Leaning Tower of Pisa ... which was where?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z This was at a time when the whole region of Tuscany, and Florence and Pisa in particular, was flourishing in the Renaissance. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There was the hot dog that stood on end when heated, resembling the Tower of Pisa. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z During the winter months at that time, the court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany always took up residence in Pisa, from Christmas to Easter. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Our ancestors and those who were considered wise used to say that it was necessary to hold Pistoia by factions and Pisa by fortresses. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Immediately, and in every instance, they will return to them, just as Pisa did after one hundred years of being held in servitude by the Florentines. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Galileo never really fitted in at the University of Pisa and soon started looking for another post. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa on 15 February 1564—the same year that William Shakespeare was born and in the same month that Michelangelo died. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Malpighi studied philosophy and medicine at the University of Bologna, graduating in 1653, and became a lecturer in logic at Bologna, before moving to the University of Pisa in 1656 as professor of theoretical medicine. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Completely unarmed, the Florentines engaged ten thousand French soldiers to take Pisa: such a plan endangered them more than any of their previous predicaments. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The Doge and the Senate, delighted, offered to give Galileo tenure in his post at the University of Pisa for life, with his salary doubled to 1000 crowns a year. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z It is said that Galileo demonstrated that Aristotle’s belief was false by dropping weights from the leaning tower of Pisa. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was one fine cemetery though—the one at Pisa. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Another of the Galileo legends introduced by Viviani refers to Galileo’s time as professor of mathematics in Pisa, but is, once again, almost certainly not true. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z One other noteworthy event occurred while Galileo was a medical student in Pisa, although the story has been considerably distorted and embellished down the centuries. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z But the climate in Pisa did not suit him, and in 1659 he returned to Bologna to teach medicine. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z If he had captured Pisa, no one would deny that the Florentines would have had to become his ally. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z In a reversal of history, Marcolongo suggests that the Spartans could have learned a thing or two from the bitter, unending rivalry between Livorno and Pisa. An Instant Classic About Learning Ancient Greek 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z I was informed, rather loftily, that I could pick up my case from the airport in Pisa. Once upon a life: Paul Bailey 2011-01-09T00:05:19Z Visiting nearby Pisa is easier than ever with the opening of the new “Pisa Mover” train, which connects Pisa’s airport and its train station in five minutes. What’s new in Italy for 2018 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The 11-story structure’s implosion, which did not collapse the center stack as planned, was recorded and immediately shared to Twitter, where it quickly went viral with comparisons to the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. 'Leaning Tower of Dallas' becomes viral attraction after implosion failed to collapse building 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Reached in Pisa, Italy, last week, between performances of the Vespers there and at Versailles, Mr. Gardiner discussed the project and bringing Monteverdi to Donald Trump’s America. A Monteverdi Master Returns to His Roots With a Rare Trilogy 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z The passenger was flying from Pisa, Italy, and boarded a Ryanair flight bound for Bari, in southern Italy, the New York Daily News reports. Ryanair passenger freaks out when he realizes he's on the wrong flight 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z In 1945, he was arrested for treason in Pisa by American forces and imprisoned in a steel cage. Moving From Elegy to Ecstasy, a Poet Pushes Against the Canon 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z In a dramatic scene, she throws some enviably strong youthful writings by Lila, who does not fulfill her own writerly talent, off the Solferino Bridge in Pisa into the Arno one November. Who Is Elena Ferrante? An Educated Guess Causes a Stir 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z The 2015 Pisa schools report showed a dramatic fall across the developed world since 2012 in the number of children who would say that “I make friends easily at school”. Look at me: why attention-seeking is the defining need of our times 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Bocelli arrived in Los Angeles from Pisa, Italy, at 4 a.m. Tenor Andrea Bocelli shares his hope, joy and generosity 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z West of Florence, in nearby Pisa, renovations are under way at that city’s Duomo, the huge Pisan Romanesque cathedral with a famous leaning bell tower. What’s new in Italy for 2017 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Observe the wall painted over with images of stars Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni and Italian markers including the Colosseum and Leaning Tower of Pisa — eye candy that’s less hokey than it sounds. Don’t let the name stop you. I’m Eddie Cano is a charmer. 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Imagine shifting the Tower of Pisa into downtown Manhattan and convincing everyone it's in the right place; that's the scale of the task. We don't deserve to be lost in translation 2010-04-24T23:08:00Z Santagata says he reached his conclusion by studying yearbooks of a Pisa school from the 1960s. Will the real Elena Ferrante please stand up? 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Florence, at war with its neighbour Pisa, had hatched a plan to divert the Arno and so deprive the enemy city of its lifeblood. Here be monsters 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z "Every single one of them used Italian flags, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and an Italian accent when they were reading the storyboard to me," she said. Can Fiat's First Lady Make It In America? 2011-02-09T23:00:00Z At the end of each summer, hordes of people flock to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada to erect a makeshift city the size of the Italian town of Pisa. Burning Man highlights the primordial human need for ritual 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z What would Florence be without Giotto, or Pisa without the tower? Critic's Notebook: In L’Aquila, Italy, Lessons for Rebuilding From Storm 2012-11-30T17:51:12Z The ruins of Bridgnorth Castle lean at an angle of 15 degrees – four times the lean of the leaning tower of Pisa. Green and pleasant land: readers on six of the best places to visit in England 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z And suddenly, I felt it: that urge to capture the moment, as irrationally irresistible a photo-op as pretending to prop up the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Frugal Traveler: Music and Moonshine in the Mellow Ozarks 2013-08-01T17:02:55Z This quaint village, halfway between Pisa and Florence, is currently a ghost town. I'm an American living in Italy as the coronavirus took hold. This is what it's like for me 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z One witty motif plays with a dancer leaning like Pisa’s tower. Dance Review: ‘Astral Converted’ by Trisha Brown at Park Avenue Armory 2012-07-11T22:05:08Z The Tower of Pisa started to lean even before construction was finished—and is not even the world’s farthest leaning tower. The science behind facepalming: Why you make breathtakingly stupid mistakes 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z By the time he was in junior high school his night table featured a neat display of miniature monuments: the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, a Leaning Tower of Pisa, a Big Ben. Personal Journeys: They’re Souvenirs, Not Stuff! 2012-08-31T15:14:52Z I am sure I should not miss factory whistles in Pisa or Morocco, but I frankly did miss them in Washington. America’s forgotten poet 2012-10-04T20:02:00Z The second, aboard the 4,100-passenger Norwegian Epic, leaves July 24 round-trip from Barcelona for a seven-day tour of the Mediterranean, with excursions to Florence, Pisa, Rome, Naples and Majorca. The Cruise Issue: New Options: 14 New Cruises for 2011 2011-02-11T20:13:12Z The technology is currently in use at the Duomo in Florence, Italy, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. At Magazzino, Social Distancing Devices Vibrate. So Does the Art. 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z She often decorates her cakes with halos of dried herbs that she forages from her home state of New Hampshire, and intentionally arranges some askew so that they tilt like a frosted Tower of Pisa. Let Them Eat (Wacky, Whimsical) Cake 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z A live audio stream from the European Gravitational Observatory, a European consortium that measures gravitational waves with a huge antenna outside Pisa, Italy, is transformed into a vibration meant to stimulate the spiders into action. With Spiders and Space Dust, Tomás Saraceno Takes Off 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z In his essay, Mr. Santagata notes that the Solferino Bridge in Pisa was destroyed on Nov. 23, 1966 when the Arno spilled its banks in floods. Who Is Elena Ferrante? An Educated Guess Causes a Stir 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z “It’s enough to make the Leaning Tower of Pisa stand up straight!” he wrote in one letter, adding that his wife, Elvira, was as jealous as Othello but insisting that he had behaved. When Puccini Came, Saw and Conquered New York City 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z There was such a sense of disappointment after seeing the leaning tower of Pisa. 'You can't see the Empire State Building from the top': readers on overrated tourist sights 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z In order to save money, he figured out how to assemble the robot systems himself after only a few weeks of intensive training outside of Pisa. T Magazine: Diamond in the Rough 2014-04-11T13:03:38Z A high fence, crowned with barbed wire, surrounded the complex in Tirrenia, on the outskirts of Pisa. Bags of urine, cans of Bud and the team that saved US soccer 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z As the storm pushed through, it flooded at least four hospitals, including in Pisa and Mugello. Storm Ciarán kills 5 people as it brings record rainfall to Italy, taking European death toll to 12 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Extensive flooding can been seen in video from Pisa, Tuscany, after Storm Ciarán struck Italy on Thursday. Pisa floods as Storm Ciarán strikes Tuscany 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The Garisenda Tower in Bologna is not as famous as the Tower of Pisa, but it leans a little more. A Leaning Tower in Italy (Not Pisa) Becomes a Worry 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The budget airline said it will cut three aircraft from those based at Charleroi airport in Belgium, two from Dublin and five from Italian airports, including Bergamo, Naples and Pisa. Ryanair to cut flights this winter due to Boeing delivery delays 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Arnese is from Italy and studied clarinet in a conservatory, and then IT at the University of Pisa, with an interest in machine learning. AI and sound - helping firms build their own 'sonic identity' 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z He cited the Albert Memorial Clock, built in the 19th Century and which extensively leaned, a bit like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Can fire-hit Crooked House rise from the ashes? 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z First, the city-states of northern Italy, especially Venice, Genoa, and Pisa, grew rich transporting goods and crusaders back and forth between Europe and the Middle East. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Colleagues at the Pisa hospital described Capovani, the mother of three children, as very open, sweet, serious and willing take on new patients. Fatal beating of psychiatrist in Italy sparks reforms outcry 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z “Respiration is the perfect interaction between conscious and unconscious,” said Angelo Gemignani, psychiatrist and neuroscience professor at the University of Pisa. 5-minute breathing exercises can improve your mood and reduce anxiety 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Internet users joked that it resembled the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Rio Carnival’s overlooked, all-important rite: The count 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z A firefighting team was preparing to leave from Pisa, and the Italian military says transport flights will carry equipment as well as health and other personnel. Global quake rescue effort hits ground in Turkey, Syria 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z A fire-fighting team was preparing to leave from Pisa, and the Italian military says transport flights will carry equipment as well as health and other personnel. Aid, rescuers rushed to Turkey, Syria after deadly quake 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z The psychiatrist, 55, was beaten repeatedly with a metal bar on the head Friday when she left work at a hospital in Pisa, northern Italy. Fatal beating of psychiatrist in Italy sparks reforms outcry 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z If you stacked them all up, they would rise about one-third as high as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. 7 new cookbooks that deserve a place on your shelf and in your kitchen 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The invitation was on short notice; I quickly booked a train to Pisa but missed the conference bus. Rule-Breaking Particles Pop Up in Experiments around the World 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z “The names of people who were discriminated against or exiled because they were right wing don’t come to mind,” said Alberto Mario Banti, a modern history professor at the University of Pisa. Italy’s Hard Right Feels Vindicated by Giorgia Meloni’s Ascent 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z According to the auction’s catalogue, the archbishop of Pisa authenticated the document by comparing it to a Galileo letter in his personal collection. A Galileo manuscript was hailed as a ‘treasure.’ Turns out, it’s fake. 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z He held faculty positions at the University of Pisa and the University of Padua, and eventually became mathematician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany in Florence. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Farther still, I took the train from Florence’s station, just three stops away on our tram line, to Bologna for an overnight stay, and to Pisa for a quicker one. On a three-week group tour, I saw Florence at my own pace 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Pisa and Monza finished third and fourth in the table, respectively. Berlusconi returns to Serie A with Monza after playoff win 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Corsica, the birthplace of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, has changed hands many times over the centuries, from the Holy Roman Empire to the city states of Pisa and Genoa. Yvan Colonna, Corsican nationalist and convicted murderer, dies at 61 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Cardinal Pietro Maffi, the archbishop of Pisa who authenticated the manuscript, did so by comparing it to two other works he believed Galileo had written but that were later determined to be forgeries. A Galileo manuscript was hailed as a ‘treasure.’ Turns out, it’s fake. 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Happy to oblige, Muslim merchants disregarded religious rivalries to trade extensively with Venice, Genoa, Pisa, and other city-states of northern Italy. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z By now, there were a total of three popes: the Avignon pope, the Roman pope, and a third pope elected by an earlier council at Pisa. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “We do not know the identity of the producers of these pellets,” said Alberto Collareta, a co-author and paleontologist at the University of Pisa, “but we know that their behavior has proved quite successful.” Why Did a Fish Have Fossilized Feces Where Its Brain Once Was? 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Airports in London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Athens, Florence, Pisa, Venice, Zurich, Geneva and more than a dozen across Spain have all signed deals for Nuctech equipment, procurement and government documents, and corporate announcements show. Security scanners across Europe tied to China govt, military 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z A team of engineers in Pisa using the study data expects to have a trunklike robot prototype in 18 months. Movie-Making Tech Reveals Elephant Trunk Motions 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Originally from Pisa, Italy, Walter Baroncini has more than 200 team sets in his collection. Subbuteo: Is table football enjoying a resurgence? 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z In addition, the merchants of Pisa, Genoa, and Venice hoped to win control of key trade routes to India, Southeast Asia, and China from Muslim traders. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time Heather and Steve Giammichele of Southern California decided to take a road trip through Steve’s ancestral homeland of Italy, their car broke down about three hours outside of Pisa. Buck the system: In Italy, old towns eager for new blood sell homes for about $1 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z By comparison, before Italian authorities repaired Pisa’s famous leaning tower, its pitch increased less than 0.2 of an inch per year, Durand said. Once, they were symbols of promise. The Beirut blast turned them to monuments of despair 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Liverpool was named a World Heritage Site in 2004, joining cultural landmarks such as the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. UNESCO strips English city of Liverpool of its world heritage status 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z But even that tradition was broken when the Greek city of Elis attacked the neighboring town of Pisa while it was hosting the Festival of Zeus and the Olympic Games. UN chief calls on warring parties to observe Olympic truce 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z In a post shared just a day later, the former model wore what appeared to be the same dress while standing in from of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Chrissy Teigen, John Legend visited emergency room for unknown reason during Italian getaway 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z In Pisa, a bacterial strain that eats pollutants helped clean up damaged frescos on a cathedral dome and at a cemetery near the Leaning Tower. Bacteria get a fresh gig as art restorers in Italy 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z And in 1564, the year Calvin died, a child was born in Pisa, Galileo Galilei, whose genius would define the scientific method and further shrink the claimed authority of churches. Opinion | German Catholic priests blessing same-sex marriages may be on to something divine 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z But in 2019, Wales' performance was the worst of all UK nations on the Pisa international tests, for the fifth successive time. Senedd election: Welsh Labour defends health and education record 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z “For the really intricate custom cakes, like the Chinese noodle boxes or the Leaning Tower of Pisa or fish jumping out of water, we ask for two weeks,” she says. W. Virginia pastry chef opens shop, helps others celebrate 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z According to legend, Galileo dropped weights off the Leaning Tower of Pisa, showing that gravity causes objects of different masses to fall with the same acceleration. Galileo’s famous gravity experiment holds up, even with individual atoms 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Troy Brogden, who resigned from the department in 2019, corroborated Pisa’s allegation, telling the newspaper and TV station that Deaton gave the cards “for what he considered good uses of force.” Texas ex-deputies say leaders rewarded force with gift cards 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z “For the first time in 50 years, the battle here is open,” he told a square full of supporters in Pisa. League's Salvini eyes electoral coup in Italy's Tuscany 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Long gone are the days when physicists could validate new theories by dropping objects from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. How Long Do Neutrons Live? Space Probe Could Put Debate to Rest 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened on Saturday while the Colosseum and Vatican Museums will welcome visitors again from Monday, and Florence’s Uffizi gallery from Tuesday. Leaning Tower of Pisa among sites in Italy to reopen after lockdown 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy, into an intellectual family of declining fortune, Galileo pursued medicine at the University of Pisa. Galileo’s story is always relevant 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Deputies who received the gift cards include two involved in the 2019 death of Javier Ambler, according to former deputy Christopher Pisa. Texas ex-deputies say leaders rewarded force with gift cards 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Two years later, the Virgo detector, near Pisa, Italy, joined the hunt, and by August 2017, the detectors had bagged a total of 10 black-hole mergers. Gravitational waves reveal unprecedented collision of heavy and light black holes 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z “The peak has already arrived, and we are recovering,” said Pier Luigi Lopalco, an epidemiologist at the University of Pisa, who advises Italy’s Puglia region on its response. Europe thinks it is past the peak of the first wave of the coronavirus 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The Leaning Tower of Pisa, which usually attracts 5 million visitors a year, is only permitting 15 people in at a time. Leaning Tower of Pisa among sites in Italy to reopen after lockdown 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z It inspired jokes and comparisons to Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa when a Feb. 16 implosion failed to bring down its core. ‘Leaning Tower of Dallas’ endures blows from wrecking ball 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z One incident involved an April 2019 traffic stop Pisa conducted in which he used force on an African American woman. Texas ex-deputies say leaders rewarded force with gift cards 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Many, inspired by Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa, posted photos showing themselves pretending to prop up the lopsided tower. ‘Leaning Tower of Dallas’ is online star after implosion 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z The international team of researchers included experts from CNRS, which is the French National Centre for Scientific Research, the University of Geneva, Roma Tre University, Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Pisa. Neanderthal beachcombers went diving for seashells, scientists discover 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z LIGO’s Hanford, Washington, observatory was temporarily offline at the time, while the European Virgo detector, located near Pisa, Italy, was not sensitive enough to catch the faint gravitational waves, researchers said. Gravitational-Wave Discovery Hints at Another Spectacular Neutron-Star Crash 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The project uses three laser interferometers - in Washington State and Louisiana in the US, and near Pisa in Italy. Cosmic vibrations sensed from unusual star merger 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Details were not released, but Pisa said that afterward he had expected to receive a gift card from his supervisors. Texas ex-deputies say leaders rewarded force with gift cards 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z "The year 2012 was identified as the breaking point in the public's confidence in vaccination in Italy," researchers at the University of Pisa wrote in a study of the web's effect on vaccinations. This Italian scientist has become a celebrity by fighting vaccine skeptics 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Matteo Vacchi, an expert in coastal changes in the Mediterranean at the University of Pisa who also did not participate in the study, agreed the exact purpose of the seawall is hard to determine. Scientists claim to find ancient seawall off Israeli coast 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Matteo Vacchi, an expert in coastal changes in the Mediterranean at the University of Pisa who also did not participate in the study, agreed the exact purpose of the seawall is hard to determine. Scientists claim to find ancient seawall off Israeli coast 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z He suggested that trying to regulate Bari was like trying to straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Call It a Crime of Pasta 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z The Pisa report is not definitive and the system has many critics within education. Mixed report for Scotland's education system 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z "I think he's had a major impact on the public's understanding on the topic of vaccinations and science in general," says Pier Luigi Lopalco, who studies epidemiology and public health at the University of Pisa. This Italian scientist has become a celebrity by fighting vaccine skeptics 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The Pisa tests, run by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, show the UK rising in reading, maths and science. UK improving in international school rankings 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Pisa tests are taken every three years by a sample of 15-years-olds in 79 countries and regions. Wales improves in global education tests 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z It was in prison that he dictated his stories to his cellmate, the romance writer Rustichello da Pisa, who jotted them down, paving the way for what eventually became one of the world’s first bestsellers. Marco Polo parchment sheds light on last year of his life in Venice – researchers 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Scotland's performance in the Pisa data published in 2016 caused a political row. Mixed report for Scotland's education system 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z They went their separate ways to universities, in Pisa and Bologna, and got their first taste of restaurant life — and independence — working summer jobs as waiters in London after their freshman year. Armed with advanced degrees, tech smarts and the best ingredients, the duo behind Dué Cucina Italiana makes pasta that’s fresh, affordable and healthy 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z The Pisa tests are the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment, in which the ability of 15-year-olds is tested every three years in reading, maths and science. UK improving in international school rankings 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z To the south, Tuscany’s president, Enrico Rossi, tweeted a warning of a “flood wave” on the Arno and said boards were being installed on the swollen river’s banks in Pisa “as a precautionary measure”. Venice closes St Mark’s Square as high water threatens again 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Above all, he was reading Pound’s “Pisan Cantos,” written while the poet was imprisoned, near Pisa, at the end of the Second World War. The Many Voices of Charles Wright 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The ancient ruins of Rome, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and architecture in Florence. Movies on TV this week: 'Casablanca,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'The Terminator' and more 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z A routine check in its sewers before Christmas last year revealed the fatberg longer than the Tower of Pisa lurking underneath the town’s seafront road known as the Esplanade. Scientists Solve a Puzzle: What’s Really in a Fatberg 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z He finished his medical studies and did surgical residencies at the University of Pisa and the University of Milan, which are among Italy’s best medical faculties. Paging Dr. Robot 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Italian media showed paratroopers helping to bolster river defences in Pisa, with authorities monitoring the same river in Florence after heavy rain made it rise dramatically overnight. Venice closes St Mark’s Square as high water threatens again 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z “Is the Leaning Tower of Pisa ever going to collapse?” What Makes an American? 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Cipolli and his wife, who were both white Italians, lived in a small town near Pisa, where a number of African-American soldiers had been stationed at the end of the Second World War. The Paternity Reveal 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z But a research team at the University of Pisa found that people using headsets were less accurate than those who used the naked eye. Naked eye 'better' than augmented vision 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z The Virgo detector near Pisa, Italy, joined the hunt in August 2017, enabling the collaboration to triangulate to the sources of the events on the sky. Theorist calculates the incalculable siren song of merging black holes 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z The smaller one, known as the Garisenda, leans at a vertiginous four-degree angle—a tilt as great as that of its better-known cousin in Pisa. The Airbnb Invasion of Barcelona 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Daniele Menozzi, a professor emeritus of contemporary history at Pisa’s Normale University, said the greatest revelations could stem from the aftermath of World War II — when the dynamics of the Cold War first took hold. Pope Francis to open World War II-era Vatican archives to scrutiny 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The case became notorious—the baby was known as “the little Moor of Pisa.” The Paternity Reveal 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The Pisa team is planning more research to deepen their understanding of when and how AR might be useful. Naked eye 'better' than augmented vision 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Results from the latest Pisa tests show no association between average class size and science performance. When class sizes fall so does teachers' pay 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z A giant "fatberg" longer than the height of the Leaning Tower of Pisa has been found blocking a sewer in a seaside town. Monster 'fatberg' found blocking sewer 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Looking something like a modernist interpretation of the Tower of Pisa, it is built to commemorate the dead of an earlier war – the victims of fighting and ethnic cleansing in 1942. ‘Meeting people beats prejudice’: lessons from a frozen conflict 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z “The fascination with illiberal prescriptions and regimes is spreading; we are seeing little steps back in history,” Draghi said in Pisa, Italy. Europe must fight illiberal forces, Draghi warns 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z The international collaboration operates three laser interferometer facilities - in Washington and Louisiana states in the US, and Pisa province in Italy. Monster black hole merger detected 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z In a polemic titled I Want Pisa Back, Buscemi condemns the mural as “utterly banal”. 'Italians first': how the populist right became Italy's dominant force 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Once every year, engineers measure the Leaning Tower of Pisa’s precarious tilt. Leaning Tower of Pisa Corrects Itself... a Little 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z The Leaning Tower of Pisa, however, remains by far the most photographed attraction, even though the renovations cost it its status as the world’s leaning-est tower. Leaning Tower of Pisa Now Tilts a Little Less. 1.5 Inches Less. 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Nunziante Squeglia, a professor of geotechnics at the University of Pisa who works with the surveillance team, added: "What counts the most is the stability of the bell tower, which is better than expected." Leaning Tower of Pisa 'now leaning less' 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z The bell tower, a symbol of the power of the maritime republic of Pisa in the Middle Ages, was defective from the beginning due to the porous clay soil beneath its foundations. Leaning Tower of Pisa is leaning less than before, say experts 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z “This paper represents a valuable compilation,” says Vincenzo Formicola, an anthropologist at the University of Pisa in Italy who wasn’t involved in the new work. Frequent inbreeding may have caused skeletal abnormalities in early humans 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Florence and Pisa were also affected by the severe weather. Freak hailstorm puts Rome on high alert 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The tower “is continuing to straighten,” said Nunziante Squeglia, an engineering professor at the University of Pisa and a consultant to the committee that monitors the tower. Leaning Tower of Pisa Now Tilts a Little Less. 1.5 Inches Less. 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z We followed a narrow path that led to an opening in the brush, where an enormous six-hundred-year-old redwood grew like the leaning tower of Pisa. How Carbon Trading Became a Way of Life for California’s Yurok Tribe 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z The University of Pisa and the European Research Council, which funds his research, also say that they are opening investigations. CERN’s physics uproar, quantum-satellite plans and Yellowstone grizzly protections 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The plan was to visit a uniquely undisturbed forest, and reaching it would involve a vertical climb of over 400 feet, the equivalent of two Leaning Towers of Pisa. How Google Earth led a team of scientists to discover an untouched mountaintop rainforest 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The board members are in jail because they signed a 2015 contract with the Mexican company Pisa to provide dialysis treatment. The U.S. Funds Guatemalan Abuse 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z Maryland will tour four cities and scrimmage against the Rome All-Stars on Aug. 6, the Pisa All-Stars on Aug. 8, and the Netherlands ‘National B’ team on Aug. 11. For Maryland basketball, Italy trip comes at a ‘perfect’ time 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z St.-Tropez, named for an early Christian martyr from Pisa, perches at the edge of a peninsula on France’s long southern coast, roughly halfway between Nice and Marseilles. Beautiful People in European Villas: a Film Genre of Its Own 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z But while Italy also sets a relatively large amount of homework, its results - according to Pisa - don't reflect the extra hours put in. Reality Check: Do we get too much homework? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Riot police clashed with protesters at a campaign rally in Pisa on Friday by the League party. Rival protests grip Italy ahead of vote 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Anna Gagliardo of the University of Pisa, working in the Azores, took some shearwaters from where they were nesting and divided the group into three. Plastic Smells the Same as Fish to a Seabird 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Poor results in Pisa international tests were a key reason for introducing a new emphasis on literacy and numeracy in 2013 as well as a national reading and numeracy test for seven to 14-year-olds. Pupils' digital skills not keeping pace 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Schools in England and the United States will not be taking the new international Pisa test designed to assess respect for other cultures, challenge extremism and help identify fake news. England and US will not take Pisa tests in tolerance 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The Pisa tests, which compare teenagers' ability in reading, maths and science, for the first time are also going to test "global competence". Global education rankings to measure tolerance 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z This is a much higher ranking than in the international Pisa tests for secondary school pupils, run by the OECD, in which England is not in the top 20 for reading or maths. N. Ireland and England in school top 10 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Anna Nobili, a physicist at the University of Pisa in Italy and Galileo Galilei principal investigator, admits that finding the money for another space mission will not be easy. Galileo's 400-year-old theory of free-falling objects passes space test 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Several months after that, 29 sacks of wool arrive in Pisa, via Barcelona. Is this the most influential work in the history of capitalism? 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z "That's the aim of Pisa, to confront us with the real world, not the world of words and beautiful theory," he said. England and US will not take Pisa tests in tolerance 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Since then, the collaboration has identified three more black hole collisions and has brought on a third gravitational wave detector near Pisa, Italy, to better pinpoint the sources of these minute distortions in space-time. Scientists detect gravitational waves from a new kind of nova, sparking a new era in astronomy 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Yet more authors are from LIGO’s sister Virgo Collaboration, led by France and Italy, which built the Virgo interferometer near Pisa, Italy. LIGO's unsung heroes 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z But this time, they detected the waves not only with two detectors in the United States, but also with a third detector in Europe: the Virgo detector near Pisa, Italy. Trio of detectors homes in on black hole sources of gravitational waves 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z University of Pisa astronomer Steven N. Shore, in accompanying commentary in the journal Nature, called the research “a lovely piece of historical scholarship.” Astronomers discover an ancient exploding star after a 30-year search 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z In an accompanying commentary in Nature, Steven N. Shore, a professor at the University of Pisa in Italy who was not involved with the research, described the work as “a lovely piece of historical scholarship.” Casting Light on Mystery of a Star That Vanished After 14 Days 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Researchers from the universities of Oxford, Barcelona and Pisa temporarily removed seabirds' sense of smell before tracking their movements. Smelly clue to bird navigation skills - BBC News 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Probably not, and you should avoid the surprisingly small and devastatingly disappointing Leaning Tower of Pisa too. 20 Tourist Traps to Avoid in Europe 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z We saw the classic tourist sites of Rome, Florence and Pisa, then, unusually, we spent almost a week in the small coastal town of Lerici while my father worked for NATO. Looking for an Incomparable Vacation in Italy? Visit These Small Towns 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z In the most recent round of international Pisa tests, Canada was one of a handful of countries to appear in the top 10 for maths, science and reading. How Canada became an education superpower - BBC News 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z And yet, there is a surprisingly tenuous relationship between the amount of money spent per student and the results of international Pisa tests, at least when comparing relatively wealthy nations. School funding not always linked to results - BBC News 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z The Hadba minaret, whose tilt begs comparisons to Italy's Tower of Pisa, was built with seven bands of decorative brickwork in complex geometric patterns also found in Persia and Central Asia. Mosul mosque where Islamic State took world stage lies in rubble 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The mosque’s distinctive minaret, which once leaned like the Tower of Pisa, was reduced to a broken stump. A Mosul mosque in rubble, victim of militants’ destruction 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z The Pisa tests - a major study of educational performance - are taken by 15-year-olds in 72 countries every three years. Pisa test scores 'risk' to Wales economy warning - BBC News 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z When the most recent Pisa rankings are looked at more closely, at regional rather than national level, the results for Canada are even more remarkable. How Canada became an education superpower - BBC News 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Young people who went through pre-school education are much more likely to do well in international Pisa tests when they are teenagers, says the OECD. Early years places 'must reach poorest' - BBC News 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Last year, Scotland recorded its worst performance in the international Pisa rankings, classed as average in all three areas for the first time ever. Scottish school governance shake-up to be announced - BBC News 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z It was the first time since the Pisa rankings started in 2000 that all three subjects were classed as "average" in Scotland, with none "above average". Reality Check: Are standards slipping in Scotland's schools? - BBC News 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z A Welsh Government spokesman said the education secretary's focus "remains on the next set of Pisa tests in 2018 where we expect to see improvement". Pisa test scores 'risk' to Wales economy warning - BBC News 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Within three years of arriving, the Pisa tests show the children of new migrants have scores as high as the rest of their schoolmates. How Canada became an education superpower - BBC News 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The strength of this relationship is well beyond the impact of most school resources and school factors measured by Pisa tests. Parents make a big difference just by talking - BBC News 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Next up is the Leaning Tower of Pisa, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un eating a cookie and the comet that killed the dinosaurs. Oregon’s Jordan Bell is shot-blocking meme king 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Andreas Schleicher is planning to include questions about such "global competencies" in the next round of the influential international Pisa tests. Schools should teach pupils how to spot 'fake news' - BBC News 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Prof David Reynolds warned ministers would miss their targets for the Pisa tests unless teacher training improved. Pisa test scores 'risk' to Wales economy warning - BBC News 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z The footage also shows the city’s iconic 840-year-old “Crooked Minaret,” which leans somewhat like Italy’s Tower of Pisa. Iraqi commander: Troops capture Mosul government complex 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Preval received an agronomy degree from Gembloux Agricultural University in Belgium and later studied geothermal sciences at the University of Pisa in Italy. Rene Preval, Haitian president during 2010 earthquake, dies at 74 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Preval earned an agronomy degree from Gembloux Agricultural University in Belgium and later studied geothermal sciences at the University of Pisa in Italy. Two-time Haitian President Rene Preval dies 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Mr Schleicher, who runs the international Pisa rankings, is going to introduce written tests in 2018 on global competency, which will assess how well young people are ready for a diverse and "interconnected world". Schools should teach pupils how to spot 'fake news' - BBC News 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z "Pisa allows us to judge ourselves against the world - everybody in our system must understand this," he said. Pisa test scores 'risk' to Wales economy warning - BBC News 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z But the culture advocacy group Italia Nostra says the amusement park-type attraction will clash with the city’s Medieval architecture, including structures such as the Leaning Tower and the Pisa Cathedral. Italy’s Pisa plans to test appeal of towering Ferris wheel 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z On 20 February, dignitaries will descend on Virgo, Europe’s premier gravitational wave detector near Pisa, Italy, for a dedication ceremony to celebrate a 5-year, €24 million upgrade. European gravitational wave detector falters 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z I found a flight to Pisa and exchanged some dollars for euros, and my planning was complete. The New Flexibility of Yoga Getaways 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The challenge for Mr Bullrich is how to begin to catch up - and he dismisses the self-serving argument that Pisa tests are really for European and Asian systems and not applicable elsewhere. Argentina's tough truths for improving schools - BBC News 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z "If industrialists are looking at Pisa - and they are - the answer is to get those scores up to get industry in or we risk becoming just a kind of theme park with no industry." Pisa test scores 'risk' to Wales economy warning - BBC News 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z At the session’s end, he couldn’t resist recommending his own novel, “The Promise of Pisa.” ‘Book Doctors’ Say What You Need Is a Good Read 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z “The fibers are very robust until something touches their surface,” says Giovanni Losurdo, Advanced Virgo project leader at Italy’s National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Pisa. European gravitational wave detector falters 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z I met the other retreaters at the train station in Pisa—there were 14 of us in all, yoga novices to teachers, mid-30s to 60s, from Wales, England, Canada and a swath of the U.S. The New Flexibility of Yoga Getaways 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z There were Pisa test results for Buenos Aires, entered separately from the rest of the country, which showed significant improvements. Argentina's tough truths for improving schools - BBC News 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Mr Swinney said at the time that the Pisa results - which are taken by 15-year-olds every three years - made for uncomfortable reading, and that radical reform was needed to improve Scotland's education system. Rise in Scottish teacher numbers but pupil ratio maintained - BBC News 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Tell that to Father Jerzy Bolochs, the former exorcist and consultant to paranormal thrillers who I interviewed this morning in an abandoned cemetery outside Pisa. Time magazine didn't give Trump devil horns. God did | Jonathan Jones 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z In the last two Pisa tables, in 2009 and 2012, the top three countries for maths were Shanghai*, Singapore and Hong Kong*, and this year’s results are expected to be the same or similar. Can you solve it? Are you smarter than a Singaporean 10-year-old? 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z At a rally in Pisa in front of a friendly crowd, a jovial, joking Renzi last week unveiled an elaborate PowerPoint presentation with arguments defending the constitutional reform. Italy referendum defeat would complete Matteo Renzi's rapid downfall 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Next week's Pisa results will reveal how Wales' education ranks among more than 70 countries, including top performers such as South Korea. Welsh teenagers learn from South Korea school swap - BBC News 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z He also pointed out that the Pisa tests were done in March of last year - with a "range of actions" being introduced since then in an attempt to improve things. Rise in Scottish teacher numbers but pupil ratio maintained - BBC News 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z At a campaign rally in Pisa this week, Renzi pointed to the US election to bolster his case. After Trump victory, Italy referendum is seen as test of populism's rise 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The Dallas Morning News reported that officials were spending millions on global investment tours, with stop-offs in places like Zurich and Pisa, Italy. Dallas Stares Down a Texas-Size Threat of Bankruptcy 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z British tabloid journalist Nick Pisa agreed to speak to them, as did Italian attorney Giuliani Magnini, the lead prosecutor in the Knox case. ‘Amanda Knox’ filmmakers wanted to tell the story behind the headlines 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z “I think the photocopying places in Perugia must have made a fortune,” Pisa jokes in the film. Inside Netflix’s Amanda Knox: ‘She was cast as a she-devil’ 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z But opposition parties have argued that the Pisa results point to a "decade of educational failure" by the SNP administration. Rise in Scottish teacher numbers but pupil ratio maintained - BBC News 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z London and Pisa are now sister cities, I imagine. Rio Games Highlight Problems With the Olympic Model 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z The film focuses on four individuals who were integral to the case: Knox, Sollecito, Italian prosecutor Giuliano Mignini and Nick Pisa, a journalist who covered the trial extensively for the Daily Mail. 'I think people love monsters': How did two rookie filmmakers manage to get Amanda Knox to participate in their Netflix doc? 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z BG: It’s relatively straight-forward and Nick Pisa says it in the film: it happens in a beautiful, picturesque Italian town, and all over the world, we have a romantic idea of what Italy is. How the directors of Netflix's Amanda Knox uncovered the humanity behind the headline 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z With swarms of journalists competing with Pisa on the ground in Perugia, it’s easy to see why the legal proceedings became a trial by media. Inside Netflix’s Amanda Knox: ‘She was cast as a she-devil’ 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The information was gathered as part of the international Pisa tests and it shows how teenagers might be using the internet to help their studies. Social divide stays in online learning - BBC News 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The next education secretary will be in place when the next results of international Pisa tests are published. Academy shake-up remains to be decided - BBC News 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Pisa is just at the beginning of exploring how to measure these dimensions. Pisa tests to include 'global skills' and cultural awareness - BBC News 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z A passenger was asked to leave an easyJet flight from Pisa to London on Wednesday after someone else on board complained of “suspicious behaviour” – the third such incident involving the airline in recent weeks. Third easyJet passenger grounded over security concerns 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Yet the directors are keen to defend Pisa. Inside Netflix’s Amanda Knox: ‘She was cast as a she-devil’ 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Her Facebook page carries pictures of the family smiling on the beach and at the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Victims of the attacks on Brussels' airport and subway included commuters heading to work, travelers starting long-anticipated vacations, expatriates setting out to visit distant homelands 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z She was arrested Wednesday evening at her home in Pisa. Italian nurse arrested on suspicion of killing patients 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z It suggests if London entered the Pisa tests as a separate education system, pupils taking maths would be three years behind their counterparts in Shanghai, which has the world's top-ranking results. London pupils 'behind global competition' - BBC News 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z One biographer claimed that he proved this by dropping two spheres from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but the story may be apocryphal. A brief history of gravity, gravitational waves and LIGO 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z When this happens, they'll be joined by a third observatory called Virgo, built near Pisa in Italy. Gravitational waves: Numbers don't do them justice - BBC News 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z On average across all countries, top performing immigrants and non-immigrants reached similar levels of performance on the Pisa mathematics test. Migrant students ‘more motivated to learn’ - BBC News 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z The Teatro Lux in Pisa said in a statement that it was closing for 10 days “following the unthinkable tragedy.” World Digest: Feb. 5, 2016 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Raphael Schumacher, 27, was performing in a production of Mirages at the Teatro Lux in Pisa, Italy, when the incident occurred. Italian actor pronounced clinically dead after hanging accident on stage 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Pisa Today reported the actor was not currently responding to treatment. Italian actor Raphael Schumacher 'deteriorating' after theatre hanging - BBC News 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z But that is mostly driven by the stellar performance of Finland - Nordic not Scandinavian - in the international Pisa tests, which compare the test results of 15-year-olds. Is the UK really in Scandinavia? - BBC News 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Alongside the Pisa tests are questions about students' willingness to try to solve more complex problems. Migrant students ‘more motivated to learn’ - BBC News 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z Schumacher clinically died Thursday at the University Hospital of Pisa, where he had been in a coma, a hospital spokeswoman said. World Digest: Feb. 5, 2016 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z In their laid-back, Mediterranean manner, the small mixed team of specialists on the Ligurian coast between Genoa and Pisa have made some striking advances. ‘Trident is old technology’: the brave new world of cyber warfare 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Some of the cliches you’ll see in the video include mirror selfie, legs in bathtubs, people pretending to push over the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and a whole bunch of nail art. See All the Biggest Instagram Cliches in One Hypnotic Video 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Organisers say there are 31 groups of lanterns on display - from traditional Chinese elements such as dragons and pandas to a tribute to Italy's Tower of Pisa. Italy hosts Chinese lantern festival - BBC News 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z And the phenomenon may have emerged in our canine companions during the process of domestication, say scientists from the Natural History Museum, University of Pisa. Canine copycats can mirror other dogs emotions - BBC News 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Others are in spots from Pisa, Italy, to Brisbane, Australia. Snoopy Remembers the Red Baron, but Few Germans Do 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z In the Italian countryside, not far from Pisa, a vast experiment is about to be switched on. The hunt for Albert Einstein's missing waves - BBC News 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z It wanted to tackle the relative poor performance of Finland's universities, compared with the country's top ratings at school level in the Pisa test rankings. Big is beautiful for merging universities - BBC News 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Most archaeologists say that this the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but it looks like the Tower of Babel to me. Ben Carson explains other phenomena using his pyramid logic 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Residents used to call the dilapidated building the ‘Tower of Pisa’. Trespassers on the rooftops: a secret history of Mexico City's cultural revolutionaries 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Originally the Leaning Tower of Pisa tilted at an angle of 5.5 degrees, but this was reduced after restoration work. More tilt than Pisa tower could boost Dry Doddington visits - BBC News 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Villagers who believe their church tower tilts more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa are trying to get official confirmation. Dry Doddington church rivals Leaning Tower of Pisa - BBC News 2013-02-10T05:00:00Z It says education systems which have invested heavily in information and communications technology have seen "no noticeable improvement" in Pisa test results for reading, mathematics or science. Computers 'do not improve' pupil results, says OECD - BBC News 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z It is, however, abundantly clear to me that Chinese parents, culture and values are the real reasons that Shanghai Province tops the oft-cited Pisa tables rather than superior teaching practice. Would Chinese-style education work on British kids? - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Here's a view of the pretty conjunction as it appeared Tuesday at dusk, taken with Italy's leaning tower of Pisa in the foreground. Venus and Jupiter Pose For Pretty Pics 'Round the World 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z "I don't think it is widely known that it leans more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa." More tilt than Pisa tower could boost Dry Doddington visits - BBC News 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z They then asked participants to look at images of unrelated landmarks - such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, while mapping separate nerve cells that corresponded to each place. 'Celebrity mind game' may reveal clues to memory - BBC News 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Then, they were shown images of the same people against different backdrops — like the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Sydney Opera House. Scientists See Neurons Change as Memories Form 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Policymakers have been studying teaching methods in east Asian countries such as Singapore, Japan and South Korea, which dominate the Pisa international league tables measuring children’s academic achievement. English pupil's maths scores improve under east Asian approach 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z For Olli Mättää, a teacher trainer at the school, Finland’s Pisa scores are a byproduct of the system rather than a central goal. Highly trained, respected and free: why Finland's teachers are different 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Villagers who believe their church tower tilts more than the Leaning Tower of Pisa are hoping to see a rise in visitors after work to restore it. More tilt than Pisa tower could boost Dry Doddington visits - BBC News 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Images were then digitally merged together, for example to show Clint Eastwood standing in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. 'Celebrity mind game' may reveal clues to memory - BBC News 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Vietnam's performance in the last international Pisa tests was a stunning achievement. Vietnam's 'stunning' rise in school standards - BBC News 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z The Walk-Man robot from the University of Pisa in Italy lives up to its name by walking through a door. Transforming robot crowned the winner of DARPA's Robotics Challenge 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z The analysis, based on test scores in maths and science, is a much wider global map of education standards than the OECD's Pisa tests, which focus on more affluent industrialised countries. Asia tops biggest global school rankings - BBC News 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z “We can only imagine the headlines if Galileo had gotten grant money to drop spheres off the Leaning Tower of Pisa,” she said. Republicans Attempt to Use Mockery to Cut Sound Science 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z He was a boy when Fascist leader Benito Mussolini came to power and was studying at the University of Pisa when the Italian government promulgated the anti-Semitic racial laws of 1938. Elio Toaff, rabbi who welcomed John Paul II to his synagogue, dies at 99 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z He quotes a research group from the UK visiting schools in Finland in 1996, a few years before the Pisa tests brought the world's attention to the country's schools. Finns aren't what they used to be 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Even Chile, the highest ranking country in the region, is considerably below the global average for these tests, with the average in the Pisa tests being countries such as the UK and France. Latin America's wake-up call on global school tests 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z But it was England's performance in Pisa tests compared with other economies that was used to justify an extensive overhaul of what children should study in key subjects. 'Give children time to really learn' 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z “Every year, on St. Patrick’s Day, the world goes green,” Neeson narrates over pictures of the Leaning Tower of Pisa lit up in grassy hues. Liam Neeson Has a St. Patrick's Day Message For You 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z They include the pyramids in Egypt, Italy's leaning tower of Pisa, the London Eye, Brazil's Christ the Redeemer statue, Belfast City Hall and the fountain at the White House. Stormont 'to turn green and orange' 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Another study challenges what it calls the "misconceptions and misrepresentations" about Finland's success in the Pisa tests. Finns aren't what they used to be 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z About 425 years ago, legend has it, Galileo Galilei climbed the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Feature: Drop-testing general relativity, Galileo’s way 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z In Pisa tests taken in the UK, girls did particularly badly in science compared with boys, with a much bigger gap than most countries. Clever girls lack science confidence 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Overall project leader Dr Patricia Iozzo, from the National Research Council, Pisa, Italy, said: "Attention needs to be devoted to the prevention of obesity and becoming overweight among young girls, representing tomorrow's mothers." Tomorrow's mums 'need obesity help' 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Jenny Bradshaw, a senior Pisa manager, believes numeracy is not the main problem with maths in Wales. Maths summit to improve performance 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Researchers compared the results of international Pisa tests between 2000 and 2010 with UN gender equality data from the same countries and regions. 'Girls beat boys' despite inequality 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z This time last year those involved with education were still reeling from yet another set of Pisa results. Has tide turned in pupil performance? 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z And while Pisa is made of quarried stone, Jam is made of fired clay bricks and lime mortar — not nearly as sturdy a material. A Call to Save a 12th-Century Minaret, Heard Far and Wide 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Gray’s early goal was to prevent the Leaning Tower of Pisa from actually toppling by freezing the soil beneath it. At the Italian Embassy, celebrating aid to monuments around the globe That is, in part, a reaction to disappointing results in the international Pisa league tables, which tests 15-year-old pupils in maths, science and reading. Maths summit to improve performance 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Visitors are left speechless by its colossality, the immensity of the effort that went into its construction and the splendor of the result, much like the Pyramids, the Leaning Tower of Pisa or the Acropolis. The Eiffel Tower Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary With An Entirely Renovated First Floor 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z It seemed pretty much impossible that Wales would succeed in reaching its target of being in the top 20 Pisa countries after next year's tests. Has tide turned in pupil performance? 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Even at that, the top of the Tower of Pisa leans nearly 13 feet from the perpendicular. A Call to Save a 12th-Century Minaret, Heard Far and Wide 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The OECD’s latest Pisa rankings provided a stark illustration of the dominance of the Far East. Don't Look To The East, Look To The Tiger Moms 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Wales performs worse than any other part of the UK, and maths is the worst of the three Pisa elements here. Maths summit to improve performance 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z He says his fact-finding mission to Singapore made him aware of how much England needs to catch up with the Asian pacesetters who now dominate the international Pisa rankings. Hunt wants public oath for teachers 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z The high performance of Chinese and other East Asian pupils has become a feature of international education comparisons - dominating international rankings such as the Pisa tests. Why do Chinese pupils do so well? 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Technology might not be advanced enough to sell people on Pisa right now, but by 2016, I’m at least looking forward to a perfectly immersive tour of the Louvre’s broom closets. I visited virtual Hawaii from a hotel in Times square 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z This international study has produced an "efficiency index", which compares how developed countries allocate spending on education and how well they perform in the international Pisa tests. Bigger classes for budget efficiency 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Pisa also finds that more than three-quarters of maths teachers in the UK say they would never use materials designed to be followed by pupils of different ability. Should England make setting compulsory? 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z That's me and my family at the top of this piece, taking a poorly executed photo during a whirlwind stopover in Pisa last summer. Stop being a tourist 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z If the Chinese in Australia had been counted in the Pisa tests as a separate country, they would have been among the highest performing in the world - only beaten by pupils in Shanghai. Why do Chinese pupils do so well? 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z For most parents Britain's lowly rankings in the Pisa league tables are probably something to do with Italian football. A tale of two careers: Michael Gove and Iain Duncan Smith 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z In the flurry of announcements it was almost overlooked that for the first time England's GCSEs are to be pegged against the global benchmark of Pisa tests. Michael Gove: Radical, controversial, divisive 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Mr Gove told the conference there was an unprecedented amount of data to inform decisions, such as from the Pisa tests. Shanghai 'copied Ofsted inspection' 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z For now the system is only installed in one square, a five-minute walk from the world famous Leaning Tower, though the plan is to expand it eventually throughout the center of Pisa. Pisa trying to make a name for itself as a straight-up smart city with a new guided-parking system - Digits - WSJ 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z And this reinforces the message of the international Pisa tests, that there is nothing inevitable about the link between coming from a poor background and low achievement in school. Why do white working class pupils fail in school? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z "Pisa skills are the skills our young people need to succeed not only in Wales, but anywhere in the world," he said. Pisa skills 'key' to global success 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z A half-sized replica of the famed Leaning Tower of Pisa in Niles needs a full-sized paycheck to reverse its deterioration, according to an engineering study commissioned by the near north suburb. $600,000 needed to repair Leaning Tower of Niles, study says 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Shangchang Tang, founder of Shanghai High School, said there was much international attention on Shanghai's education system, because it was the top performer in the OECD's Pisa tests. Shanghai 'copied Ofsted inspection' 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z “The pilot project is a big stride for Pisa towards improving its traffic situation over the long term,” said Marco Filippeschi, the city’s mayor. Pisa trying to make a name for itself as a straight-up smart city with a new guided-parking system - Digits - WSJ 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z In contrast, the OECD's Pisa rankings are based on specific tests taken by 15-year-olds in reading, maths and science, with pupils in more than 60 countries answering the same questions. Is the UK quite good at education after all? 2014-05-08T13:26:58Z Speaking before the conference on Wednesday, Mr Jones said he wanted to put "pride back into our education system", stressing there was much more to Pisa than the nation's global ranking in education. Pisa skills 'key' to global success 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z But Vinezeano said the tower is not in jeopardy of meeting the same fate that forced Italian officials to spend millions rescuing the sinking Pisa tower. $600,000 needed to repair Leaning Tower of Niles, study says 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z "The Pisa statistics published recently were, frankly, shocking," Mr Jones added. Tories need 'coalition of ideas' 2014-04-12T11:54:05Z The most recent Pisa international education tests, which are run by the OECD, 'Lack of vision' in Welsh education 2014-04-10T05:43:40Z The Pisa tests showed the UK as a middle-ranking education performer, overtaken by high-achieving systems in Chinese cities such as Shanghai and ambitious, hungry improvers such as Poland and Vietnam. Is the UK quite good at education after all? 2014-05-08T13:26:58Z For the first time, England's exams are going to be linked to an international benchmark, with the new grading system for GCSEs being pegged to the Pisa tests run every three years by the OECD. The rise and rise of global school rankings 2014-04-03T07:30:51Z The changes, to be introduced from 2017, will also link exam grades to international Pisa tests. Ultra-high grade in GCSE shake-up 2014-04-02T23:06:32Z These problem-solving tests were taken at the same time as the Pisa tests, which compare how well pupils perform in maths, reading and science. English pupils 'good problem solvers' 2014-04-01T09:00:55Z The central tower is large enough to fit the Leaning Tower of Pisa inside. Behind the scenes at the Minster 2014-03-16T02:22:35Z The Pisa tests measure reading, but not writing. Is the UK quite good at education after all? 2014-05-08T13:26:58Z Andreas Schleicher, in charge of the international Pisa tests, faced questions from MPs about how he thought England's academy system was working. Academies 'promising trend' says OECD 2014-03-05T11:23:42Z Pisa is a completely different kind of exam than the new GCSEs. Ultra-high grade in GCSE shake-up 2014-04-02T23:06:32Z On the outskirts of Pisa in a back room of a modern block, a machine is waiting for its operator. Rise of the human exoskeletons 2014-03-04T09:47:43Z Its Pisa test scores are likely to be artificially inflated because such a large number of the most disadvantaged students are missing. Does Shanghai's school success exclude migrants? 2014-02-26T03:01:52Z According to Pisa international league tables, 15-year-olds in Shanghai are three years ahead of their UK counterparts in mathematics. VIDEO: Why Shanghai students shine at maths 2014-02-25T16:29:39Z Shadow Conservative Education Minister Angela Burns said it was important to use the Pisa tests properly. Pisa rankings success 'vital' 2014-02-18T15:24:11Z The latest Pisa test results were published last year by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, ranking developed countries in terms of how well 15-year-olds performed in tests in reading, maths and science. OECD rejects poor fail tests 'myth' 2014-02-04T00:41:56Z Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate their homes in the Italian city of Pisa as the Arno river threatened to burst its banks on Friday. Bad weather batters Europe 2014-02-01T00:35:10Z The Pisa results show that in maths ability, by the age of 15, Shanghai students are three full years ahead of their British counterparts - and that is why the UK delegation are here. Does Shanghai's school success exclude migrants? 2014-02-26T03:01:52Z There are also improvements in quality, with Vietnam now among the most impressive performers in the OECD's Pisa tests, overtaking the United States. The 70-year wait for primary school 2014-01-29T00:09:02Z This international comparison of ability in maths is drawn from an analysis of the Pisa tests taken by 15-year-olds. Girls 'slip in maths confidence gap' 2014-01-23T03:21:05Z The data on truancy was gathered alongside the international Pisa tests taken by 15-year-olds - and it shows the negative consequences of missing lessons. Meals with parents truancy link 2014-01-21T18:22:00Z Mr Jones also responded to Wales' slide in the Pisa assessments - the worldwide ranking of education systems - in his interview with the Sunday Politics programme. New tax power useless, minister says 2014-01-19T09:05:13Z Research published by Professor Tom Loveless at the Brookings Institution, a Washington based think-tank, suggests that Shanghai's strict residency rules mean a huge number of the most disadvantaged students are missing from the Pisa figures. Does Shanghai's school success exclude migrants? 2014-02-26T03:01:52Z In the Italian city of Pisa the Swedish home furnishings chain Ikea planned to open a new store and advertised for 250 staff. Europe's moments of 2013 2013-12-27T13:57:07Z Shanghai in China was the top education system in the OECD's Pisa tests. Curb classroom disruption - Ofsted 2013-12-11T01:52:29Z "International comparisons are never easy and they aren't perfect. But Pisa shows what is possible in education, it takes away excuses from those who are complacent," he said. 'Bad loser' accusation on Pisa tests 2013-12-10T16:49:15Z The Pisa league table which ranks test results of students from 65 countries is taken very seriously by policymakers and the media, who celebrate a good performance and bemoan a poor one. How accurate is the Pisa test? 2013-12-10T01:22:51Z Lu Jing is deputy director of the Shanghai Institute for Basic Education Research and the national project manager for the Shanghai Pisa team. Does Shanghai's school success exclude migrants? 2014-02-26T03:01:52Z He added that no-one would think of entering any other exam "from driving tests to Oxbridge exams" without preparing - but says schools are "dissuaded" from preparing pupils for Pisa. 'Prepare pupils for global tests' 2013-12-02T01:02:14Z The latest Pisa international educational comparisons will be published next week. Pupils 'no idea' how to take tests 2013-11-28T19:22:57Z These were among the highest performing in the industrialised world - outperforming the UK, which remained among middle-ranking countries, making no progress since the last Pisa tests three years before. 'Bad loser' accusation on Pisa tests 2013-12-10T16:49:15Z Pisa then uses a statistical model, called the Rasch model, to estimate each student's latent ability. How accurate is the Pisa test? 2013-12-10T01:22:51Z Without the external measurement of Pisa such problems would remain invisible. How Pisa became the world's most important exam 2013-11-27T00:10:56Z "Pisa tests are experimental, comparative tests and we need to make inferences from the results extremely carefully." 'Prepare pupils for global tests' 2013-12-02T01:02:14Z According to legend, this is what Galileo showed in 1589 from his Tower of Pisa experiment but, again, it's debated whether this actually happened. Showing Science: Watch Objects in Free Fall 2013-10-10T19:45:23.693Z In the next wave of Pisa tests there will be a wider range of Chinese provinces taking part, including Beijing and Guangdong. 'Bad loser' accusation on Pisa tests 2013-12-10T16:49:15Z It's unwise for countries to base education policy on their Pisa results, he says, as Germany, Norway and Denmark did after doing badly in 2001. How accurate is the Pisa test? 2013-12-10T01:22:51Z While top grades in national exams were spread evenly across the country, the Pisa tests showed that pupils in the north were performing at a much higher level. How Pisa became the world's most important exam 2013-11-27T00:10:56Z Reports have shown Chinese tourist soaking their feet in a fountain outside Louvre Museum in France and having picnics outside the lawn of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. China media: Setback for US in Asia 2013-10-08T06:20:09Z As legend has it, in 1589 Galileo stood on a balcony near the top of the Tower of Pisa and dropped two balls that were the same size but had different densities. Showing Science: Watch Objects in Free Fall 2013-10-10T19:45:23.693Z Among the larger cities to vote are Brescia in the north, Ancona on the east coast and Pisa and Siena in Tuscany in central Italy. Rome votes for new mayor as Italian government struggles 2013-05-26T15:18:39Z And when changes in education policy are followed by a higher Pisa ranking, he cautions against inferring a causal connection. How accurate is the Pisa test? 2013-12-10T01:22:51Z And the name Pisa was chosen, not for any link to the Italian city, but because it was an acronym that was spelt the same in English and French. How Pisa became the world's most important exam 2013-11-27T00:10:56Z Born in Pisa, Mr. Letta studied political science at the city’s university and did graduate work in international law at the prestigious Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies there. | Enrico Letta: Italian Prime Minister’s Political Acrobatics 2013-04-28T17:15:59Z "Is it the tower of leaning Pisa?" inquired his brother, Ben, 7. City Room: Tiny Living Spaces Meant for Adults, Envisioned by Children 2013-02-04T01:38:17Z The last Pisa study appeared to show England's performance had worsened, the study said, while Timms suggested the opposite. Warning over world schools rankings 2013-02-01T13:22:51Z The OECD, which runs Pisa, the Programme for International Assessment, publishes a report analysing the performance of the different countries. How accurate is the Pisa test? 2013-12-10T01:22:51Z There are other critics who warn against the impact of the narrow focus of Pisa - which ranks school systems on a very limited number of measures. How Pisa became the world's most important exam 2013-11-27T00:10:56Z Another neuron from the same patient responded to different images of the Sydney Opera House, and yet another to the leaning tower of Pisa. Searching for the Jennifer Aniston Neuron [Excerpt] 2013-01-18T16:15:06.803Z Europe however is blindly following the Asians by looking at Pisa scores as the only criterion. Meet the 'tutor kings and queens' 2012-11-27T09:13:16Z In the Spanish capital, police fired rubber bullets to subdue the crowd; in Pisa, protesters occupied the Leaning Tower, and in Sicily cars were burned. Europe unites in austerity protests against cuts and job losses 2012-11-14T19:30:35Z Spiegelhalter is not the only academic to find fault with the Pisa tests. How accurate is the Pisa test? 2013-12-10T01:22:51Z Northern Europe beats the US in Pisa studies, and almost every European country shows greater income mobility than the US. http://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_dyn_le00_in&idim=country:GBR&dl=en&hl=en&q=life+expectancy+uk#!ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=sp_dyn_le00_in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=region&idim=country:GBR:USA:AUT:ESP:SWE:CHE:NLD:IRL:GRC:DEU:FRA:BEL:NOR:ITA:FIN&ifdim=region&hl=en_US&dl=en&ind=false ... life expectancy probably is one of the strongest measures of quality of life. Income stagnation: Stagnation by way of the Midwest 2012-10-26T18:40:09Z It's not that simple, cautions Mr Michael, speaking at an event in Pisa, Italy, debating the impact of digital activism. Online secrecy lessons for human rights 2012-11-05T16:09:52Z "You understand Costa knew something serious was going on," said Pisa. Costa Concordia captain appears in court 2012-10-15T09:25:49Z So there he was, some social light-years from Panzano in the city of Pisa, studying veterinary science at the university. Currents: Embracing an Unchosen Path in Italy 2012-10-05T13:57:51Z "Pisa does present the uncertainty in the scores and ranks - for example the UK rank in the 65 countries is said to be between 23 and 31," . How accurate is the Pisa test? 2013-12-10T01:22:51Z Concern about schools standards was prompted by the worldwide Pisa assessments of 15-year-olds which ranked Wales as the lowest country in the UK in December 2010. Parents 'satisfied with schools' 2012-09-27T11:57:09Z You probably know about Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa, but have you heard about England’s Leaning Big Ben? Big Ben’s clocktower, London’s 315-foot-tall landmark, is found to be leaning 2012-01-25T23:17:41Z Then I lived many years by the sea in Italy, not so very far from Pisa. Summer exodus brings smiles to Paris 2012-08-10T23:36:27Z The Pisa tower, he says, had a lean of one in ten. Time Shift: Is London's Big Ben Falling Down? 2012-07-19T11:15:00.240Z This is to underestimate the "random error associated with the Pisa rankings", in his view. How accurate is the Pisa test? 2013-12-10T01:22:51Z I fretted: Would it lean like the famous one in Pisa? City Room: A Human Tower Needs a Foundation as Well as a Pinnacle 2012-06-20T23:26:54Z A construction expert who worked on Pisa’s leaning tower said there was nothing to worry about and that it would take 10,000 years for the London landmark to reach an angle of concern. Big Ben’s clocktower, London’s 315-foot-tall landmark, is found to be leaning 2012-01-25T23:17:41Z But something good is happening - our national exams will show it, Pisa will show this year I hope. Poland scores late goals in education 2012-06-12T23:02:48Z "It's terrifying if you walk on the side of Pisa, especially when clouds are moving." Time Shift: Is London's Big Ben Falling Down? 2012-07-19T11:15:00.240Z This quake was strong enough to be felt across Italy - as far away as places like Venice, Milan and Pisa. Second quake hits northern Italy 2012-05-30T06:46:32Z In Pisa, offices were evacuated as a precautionary measure while there were moments of panic in Venice, where a statue fell to the ground. Searchers sift rubble in Italy 2012-05-29T21:30:53Z The earthquake was felt throughout northern Italy and buildings were evacuated in Genoa and in Pisa. Northern Italy Hit by Second Deadly Earthquake 2012-05-29T14:07:52Z "Pisa showed that a lot of those kids forgot all they learnt in elementary school... and the most dramatic thing was they couldn't learn any more." Poland scores late goals in education 2012-06-12T23:02:48Z But when a couple of generations after the death of Copernicus had passed, the Inquisition found a second victim in the famous Galileo, who was born at Pisa in 1564. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Many strivings had there been to effect this, but the policy of the Italian popes, as at Pisa, had thus far successfully eluded the dreaded decision. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z The rapacity with which this source of income was exploited is illustrated in a case occurring at Pisa in 1304. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z The ransom received from Richard enabled him to equip a large army, and aided by a fleet fitted out by Genoa and Pisa he soon secured a complete mastery over the Italian mainland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Professor Marciniak is looking forward to the next Pisa results, which he believes will show Poland making further progress. Poland scores late goals in education 2012-06-12T23:02:48Z In Italian history, during the Middle Ages, the republics of Pisa and Genoa were often at war, and at one time the Genoese were badly beaten in a sea-fight near the little island of Meloria. One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion 2012-03-31T02:00:20.873Z From that time till his death, at Pisa, in 1865, he was chiefly engaged in selecting pictures to be purchased by the British Government. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z The council of Pisa in 1409: it is not reverenced as an oecumenical one; it nevertheless, in deposing. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z Failing to subdue Florence, the emperor from his headquarters at Pisa prepared to attack Robert of Naples, for which purpose he had allied himself with Frederick III., king of Sicily. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z In fact, Poland used the Pisa test information from 2000 to help pull itself up. Poland scores late goals in education 2012-06-12T23:02:48Z The result was the Council of Constance, whose sessions extended from November, 1414, to April, 1418, and which, because of its general European character, was able to succeed where the Council of Pisa had failed. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Among Callcott's later pictures are Dutch Peasants returning from Market, and Entrance to Pisa from Leghorn. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z The Medici had offended Sixtus IV. by some shew of resistance to the elevation of his nephews, and to the nomination of the archbishop of Pisa, Salviati. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z In 1134 Henry appeared before Pope Innocent III. at the council of Pisa, where he was compelled 299 to abjure his errors and was sentenced to imprisonment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z No. We were at Pisa when they were living together, but, though Lord Blessington had the greatest curiosity to see her, Byron would never permit it. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z France was the only country in which the principles laid down by the councils—Pisa, Constance, Basel, and the rest—had taken firm hold. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z The Arno was flowing slowly, as if tired and hot, under its bridges; Pisa looked deserted; the pavements were scorching under the feet. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The archbishop of Pisa was seen when hanged by the side of Francisco Pazzi, biting in his agony the carcase of his companion. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z He held the appointment of keeper of the ducal cabinet of medals and antiquities, and subsequently he became professor of Greek at Pisa. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z Naples, Florence, and Pisa, send their hundreds of annual visitors, and the hotels and palaces are crowded with strangers of every nation and rank. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z When only eighteen Galileo's keen power of observation led to his discovery of the laws of pendulum motion, suggested by the oscillation to and fro of a lamp in the cathedral of Pisa. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z At Pisa the atmosphere clothes the cathedral with a softness which no Northern marbles can ever hope to attain. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z After his father died, his mother took the family to Pisa to live. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z Padua and Vicenza sent 152 him greeting; and in January he moved on to Pisa, where the same joy awaited him. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z His narrative was thus taken from his mouth in his prison at Genoa, by the hand of his friend and fellow-traveller Rustichello, a native of Pisa. The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) 2012-03-01T03:00:25.290Z The Primaziale of Pisa also boasted a grand picture by his hand, representing S. Matteo, in the act of dedicating a young princess to a holy life, by the imposition of the sacred veil. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z "Well, there is nothing more to see in Pisa," said one. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Agrippa lectured on theology at Cologne, Pisa, Turin, and Pavia, and practiced medicine in France. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z Who has not read of the nocturnal adventures of Andreuccio, who came from Pisa to Naples to buy horses with twenty gold florins in his pocket? Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z She goes back to Pisa, taking him with her, to save him from the Commissaries of Florence. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z He lived quietly in Pisa for some years, although working all the time to extend his influence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Then, with one quick glance towards the corner of the field, he started on his long walk back to Pisa. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The whole city is built on piles, which sometimes sink into the mud, causing the superincumbent structures to incline forward like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z All that night they sped across the mountains in the direction of the coast, where they hoped to find some craft which would carry them to Pisa, a safe haven for them all. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z However, when the curtain rises we find ourselves in Pisa at the end of the fifteenth century. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z The cession of the castles was not treachery 966 but an act of necessity, owing to the desperate conditions of Pisa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The next day he tried Pisa again, searching for employment through street after street. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The Council of Pisa, held in 1409, deposed two popes—rivals—Gregory and Benedict—that is to say, deposed the actual vicar of Christ and the pretended. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Pisa sent her embassies to bid him hasten. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z He comes with this message: Florence has decided to annihilate Pisa. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z He represented the family of my father, who had died a few years before at Pisa in a way which had never been explained, but which seemed mysterious. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z His only comrade had been a lad in Pisa named Luigi. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z He lies in the Campo Santo of Pisa; and the hopes of Dante and his party were buried in his grave. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Something like that seems to have broken out after engineers performed extensive renovations on the legendary Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, sharply reducing its tilt. St. Moritz Journal: With Leaning Tower of Pisa Straighter, Others Vie for Title 2012-02-07T02:50:05Z When Pisa was subdued, the Florentines reserved to themselves all the wholesale trade, and prohibited there all silk and woolen industries. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Chiefly at Pisa—that is not far from Florence, you know; and a few days at Florence. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z When there were but eight francs left Maso went to Pisa. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z In the Peloponnesian legends, another suitor of Daphne, Leucippus, son of Oenoma�s of Pisa, disguised himself as a girl and joined her companions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z “Now, Pisa,” she said, throwing up her hands. St. Moritz Journal: With Leaning Tower of Pisa Straighter, Others Vie for Title 2012-02-07T02:50:05Z I started at once for Pisa, where they live, to make inquiries in person: travelling by all sorts of routes, unfrequented by the English, that my wife might not hear of her brother's disgrace. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z At the week's end they left Pisa, for the month was up, and travelled back by easy stages to Savoy. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z But once, at one of the old banks in Pisa, she had presented a check on Paris, and had been asked to bring some one to identify her. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z He did not dare to attack it, but returned in November to Pisa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Barring human intervention, some of the leading contenders, such as those in Pisa and St. Moritz, would have long since been reduced to rubble. St. Moritz Journal: With Leaning Tower of Pisa Straighter, Others Vie for Title 2012-02-07T02:50:05Z At Pisa I found difficulties: statements met me that seemed to prove there had been a marriage, and I did not see my way to disprove them. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z Next, they went on to Italy, posting straight to Pisa, and there Lord Level took a pretty villa for a month in the suburbs of the town. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z Upon this occasion at Pisa Violet had swept out of the place before the older official had time to find out what the new man was doing at the outer counter. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z And until that miserable sojourn at Pisa, she had deemed that he returned her love, truly and passionately. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z Bartolomeo of Pisa, came to cast one of the big bells, and together with his own name he inscribed those of Elias, Gregory IX, and Frederick II. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z It was that Mrs. Page Reid who was with us at Pisa. The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z Pisa itself was deserted: it was hot weather; and Blanche did not think it had many attractions. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z I have explained everything to your mother in that letter; the money is at her own bank in Pisa, and I have sent her the receipt. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z I come straight on from Pisa, without halting, to inform you of a discovery we have made; there was no time to write. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z In the 14th century it belonged to Pisa, then to Florence, 6 then, after being seized by the Spanish fleet, it was ceded to Antonio Piccolomini, nephew of Pius II. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Near this Church is the great Church-yard, which is encompass’d with a Gallery, whose Walls painted in Fresco represent the History of the City of Pisa. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-09T03:00:26.543Z He knew Pisa well, having stayed at it in days gone by. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z Having established himself, selected his trattoria, and imbibed a good deal of lemonade as a beginning, the occupant of the bachelor quarters visited the business streets of Pisa in search of employment. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Pisa, tho’ a much more considerable City than Leghorn for its Antiquity, and the Beauty of its Buildings, is not so pleasant a Place by far. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-07T03:00:17.127Z The inscribed work above referred to, one of his earliest, is a “Crucifix,” long in the kitchen of the convent of St Anne in Pisa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The Country about Pisa is very pleasant: There’s a Grove of Cypress at its Gates, whose continual Verdure is delightful. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-09T03:00:26.543Z In 1857 Frederick Tennyson left Florence and after spending some time in Pisa and Genoa finally settled in Jersey, where he made his home for nearly forty years. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Mrs. Roscoe, who detested Pisa, had established no relations there save at the confectioner's, and at the agreeable bank where they saw what she was. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Anti-Corn-Law League organised, March 20th; unsectarian common schools in England; great Chartist petition; Pope forbids attendance at the scientific congress at Pisa. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z In 1826 he went to study law at Pisa; but, disliking the study, he spent eight years in the course, instead of the customary four. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z This beautiful model was executed at Pisa; it was exhibited in the Italian department of the Great Exhibition in 1861. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z He takes as much pains in laying bare the trifling causes of a petty war with Pisa as in probing the deep-seated ulcer of the papacy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z He reached the place at last, the house where Giulio's wife lived, with her five children, near one of the hill-side villages which, as seen from Pisa, shine like white spots on the verdure. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z On the west coast, where this trade began, were Amalfi, Pisa, Genoa, and Florence, and on the east, at the head of the Adriatic, was Venice. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z In 1834 Giusti, having at last entered the legal profession, left Pisa to go to Florence, nominally to practise with the advocate Capoquadri, but really to enjoy life in the capital of Tuscany. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z He practised as an advocate at the Venetian bar, practised at Pisa in the same capacity, acted as Genoese Consul at Venice. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The young Battista studied both at Pisa and Padua, whence he was called, when not yet twenty, to profess moral philosophy in the schools of his native city. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z When he reached Pisa he found that the bank had closed its doors. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Its hero is a student at Pisa, and one of the brave champions of Italy who led the Tuscan volunteers to patriotic martyrdom, in 1848, at Curtone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z He died at Pisa while engaged in making peace between the Pisans and Genoese in order to secure the help of both cities in the crusade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z He was called to bear arms against Ariezo and Pisa, where he served with great assiduity. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z He had likewise a house of his own in Pisa, and houses and land in Florence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z It would be no end of a lark to spend the summer in Pisa. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z After a stay of four weeks in Milan, we started, via Genoa, Leghorn, and Pisa, for Florence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z I shall send it open; he may be glad to read it.—Yours ever truly, Mary W. S. Pisa, 15th August 1822. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z We passed the leaning tower of Pisa before daylight broke in upon us, we were also getting too tired to enjoy the look out when the day broke. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z Our roots never struck so deeply as at Pisa, and the transplanted tree flourishes not. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z Teresa Corti, when she had escaped from her pension, was one of the wittiest women in Pisa; her wit was audacious, ample, and thoroughly Italian. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Leaving Rome soon after his coronation, he repaired to Parma, where Clement VI. rewarded him for subsequent political services by naming him prior of Migliarino in the diocese of Pisa. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z When Clarke’s edition of Queen Mab came to us at the Baths of Pisa, Shelley expressed great pleasure that these verses were omitted. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z The medieval pomp and civic pride Which once made Pisa famous, long have lain Forgotten with her pageants brief and vain That flashed inconstant on the Arno's tide. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z So Pisa, you see, has become a little nest of singing birds. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z The Wanderer: That is just what I thought when in a forest near Pisa I saw first two and then five camels. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z By the time she had satisfied her curiosity it looked like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z I called him back two or three times, and told him that if I did not see him soon I would go to Pisa with the child. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z A bonus was that he was offered free board and lodging at the University of Pisa if he studied law. Antonio Cassese, Noted Italian Jurist, Dies at 74 2011-10-24T02:55:06Z Taafe is still here—the butt of Lord Byron’s quizzing, and the poet laureate of Pisa. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z With 20 Illustrations in Colour by A. Pisa, and 12 other Illustrations. A Catalogue of Books Published by Methuen and Co., October 1909 2011-10-21T02:00:20.463Z The same day Pisa received the French troops, and shook off the Florentine yoke–an example shortly followed by other Tuscan cities. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z The next day we returned to Pisa, and here we are still. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Then he went to Italy and was appointed Professor at the University of Pisa, and later as one of the librarians at the Vatican. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z This affair, as you may guess, among the English at Pisa made a great noise; the gossip here is of course out of all bounds, and some people have given them something to talk about. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z It is based on a formula developed by a 13th century mathematician, Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci, who discovered the sequence while studying the reproduction rate of rabbits. Euro to Advance If Retracement Level Broken: Technical Analysis 2011-10-13T00:57:07Z Pisa and the fortresses were for the present to be retained, but ultimately restored; the decree against the Medici was to be revoked, but they were still banished from Tuscany. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z I knew that Hunt was at Pisa, at Lord Byron’s house, but I thought that Lord Byron was at Leghorn. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z When the Council of Pisa obliged Alexander VII. to pledge his word to prosecute certain specified reforms, he adopted no measure in compliance with his word. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Shelley has been much better in health this winter than any other since I have known him, Pisa certainly agrees with him exceedingly well, which is its only merit, in my eyes. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z It is one of the earliest works that the genius of Niccol� Pisano produced, having been completed thirty years before his masterpiece at Pisa was begun. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z It was the Florentine traditional policy to keep Pisa by fortresses and Pistoia by factions. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z I have an idea that while he was at Pisa, he received a letter from you that I have never seen; so not knowing where to direct, I shall send this letter to Peacock. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Germany and France then called a council at Pisa, for reformation in the head and body of the church; at the bar of which they summoned the pope, to explain his conduct. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Not while they were in Pisa, and with Byron close by. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z YOU will not find in all Italy anything that is placed quite so well with an eye to effective grouping as the Baptistery, Cathedral, and Campanile of Pisa. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The cause of Pisa against Florence was every bit as righteous as that of the Florentines themselves against the Medici. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Pugnano’s trees, beneath whose shade he stood, The pools reflecting Pisa’s old pine wood, The fireflies beams, the aziola’s cry All breathe his spirit which can never die. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z High above the bamboos, high above even those arboreal towers of Pisa, the cocoanut palms, rose the majestic silk-cotton trees, bare of leaves at this season, with great branches shooting out at breathless heights. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z We shall be at Pisa next winter, I believe, fate so decrees. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z The Pisa of to-day cannot have changed much from the Pisa of two hundred years ago. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z At Siena, at Pisa and at Assisi, are perhaps the greatest works of this school; but here, in Santa Croce and Santa Maria Novella, there is much, and of a very noble and characteristic kind. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z At present I am very well off, having still a considerable residue of the money I brought with me from Pisa, and besides, I have received £33 from the Liberal. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z I have a chance to hire a veturino at half-price to Pisa. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Her first visit, however, to which the following characteristic letter refers, was to the Masons at Casa Silva, and it came to an end just before Byron’s arrival in Pisa. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z It has been said that all roads lead to Rome; in Pisa all roads lead to the Piazza del Duomo. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z For a time the Commune remained Guelf and powerful, in spite of dissensions; it adhered to the Pope against Frederick II., and waged successful wars with its Ghibelline rivals, Pisa and Siena. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z The next day I prevailed on them to return with me to Pisa. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z He has found a cheap way of going to Pisa with a privy councillor, and he has profited by it. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Clare accepted the offer, and joined them at Pisa on the 15th of April in the expectation of starting very shortly. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z Pisa had well-nigh reached the zenith of her power when in 1063 her people resolved to commemorate a great victory over the Saracens by building a new cathedral. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The Archbishop Salviati of Pisa in the meantime attempted to seize the Palace of the Priors, but was arrested by the Gonfaloniere, and promptly hung out of the window for his trouble. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Once more she wrote from Pisa to her friend. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z It was to meet at Pisa, and Gerson poured forth tract after tract for its guidance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z The first of the letters which follow had reached Mary while still at Pisa. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z To the west of the Cathedral is Pisa's beautiful Baptistery. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z In his eighteenth year he entered the University of Pisa. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z I hear Medwin is a great man at Florence, so Pisa and economy are at an end. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z |
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