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Anna still professes a certain dedication to the kitchen. "The family [including three children, all married] comes ahead of everything else," she told Oggi. "At home, I do not crack the whip. I obey. I consider myself a reasonably docile wife." There is nothing docile about her ambitions. Already responsible for building some of Milan's biggest skyscrapers and a nearby 1,500-family satellite city called Milano San Felice, she now plans to construct low-cost housing projects around the periphery of Milan and to tear down and rebuild a part of the aging downtown area.