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Best known for his successful campaign to push through Italy's liberal land reform law, Segni in 1955 put together a Cabinet that lasted longer (22 months) than any since the heyday of the late Alcide de Gasperi. This time, with a Cabinet of Christian Democrats only, he hopes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Right Turn | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

No longer will the weighty 'Cliffies be able to sign up for fruity, calorie-free desserts. It seems that in the past there has always been either too much, or too little, fruit at Radcliffe. Whether we have to thank the abstention of the lean or the greed of the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Out of the Frying Pan | 10/3/1958 | See Source »

Against Eroticism. To the Blue opposition the Duchesse rallied an impressive phalanx, including the Comtesse de Pange and onetime Actress Judith Cladel, 86. But the Simone forces seemed stronger; among others, the Red leader had lined up antediluvian Prix Fighter Saint-René Taillandier, Novelist Jeanne Galzy and Germaine Beaumont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Hatpins & the Femina | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

The new mayor made the grade on the first ballot after C.C.A.-endorsed Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29 made a speech changing from abstention to a vote for McNamara. At this point, there were four abstentions, two votes for McNamara, two vote for ex-Mayor Edward J. Sullivan, and one vote...

Author: By Blaise G. A. pasztory, | Title: McNamara Elected Mayor With Some CCA Support | 1/7/1958 | See Source »

Vellucci was swept into the office of vice-mayor by an 8-1 vote, as Crane, DeGuglielmo, Sullivan, and Mrs. Wheeler changed their votes from abstention.

Author: By Blaise G. A. pasztory, | Title: McNamara Elected Mayor With Some CCA Support | 1/7/1958 | See Source »

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