Article: Italian icon Sophia Loren comes prepared to talk business. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

NEW YORK _ There are at least three Italian exports that get better with age. One is wine. Another is cheese. 
The third is sitting on a love seat in front of a window overlooking midtown Manhattan and Central Park. 
The view _ of grand buildings skirting an improbably lush forest _ is breathtaking. But it takes a triumph of will to notice because the more magnificent sight is inside the room. 
``I look absolutely smashing,'' says Sophia Loren, then she chuckles, cutting the arrogance of the remark. She does not seem arrogant in the least. Rather, she seems candid and confident. 
Besides, her appraisal of her own appearance is not unsolicited. She is answering a ...

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