Cortina d'Ampezzo Trentino-Alto Adige announced that they are to commission a feasibility study to build a new line between Calalzo, Cortina and Toblach. Cortina has attracted many distinguished guests, often inspiring them in their creative work. They include the Italian novelists Dino Buzzati (1906–1972), author of "The Tartar Steppe", Goffredo Parise (1929–1986) and Fernanda Pivano (1917–2009). Ernest Hemingway, author of "A Farewell to Arms", also arrived in the area in 1918 as a young ambulance driver. Other notable visitors include John Ball (1818–1889), the Irish mountaineer and naturalist who climbed Monte Pelmo in 1857, the Italian mountaineers Emilio Comici (1901–1940), Angelo Dibona
A Bintel Brief Bintel Brief column was "every aspect of the immigrant experience." The goal was "Americanization." Just as immigrants needed direct help from others, there was also a need for indirect help: Some letters were written by more literate fellow immigrants, not always for free. The concept is Biblical. Although leftist, help was freely provided to Jews with beards as readily as with those whose had shaved them off or never had one. Help was not limited to giving advice, but also "off the page" by A Bintel Brief A Bintel Brief was a Yiddish advice column, starting in early 20th century