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WORLD CUP USA ’94 / THE FIRST ROUND : SPOTLIGHT : WHEN IN ROME . . .

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<i> Times Rome Bureau</i>

Minutes after Italy beat Norway, 1-0, around midnight, Italy time, Thursday, city streets all over the country were crowded with hooting, screaming, triumphant Italians. Even tourists got caught up in the moment when jubilant locals threw themselves into baroque fountains in central Rome. Embarrassed Japanese and German tourists were persuaded to shout and cheer along with the best of them.

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