Word: acted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Italian republic." That judgment was excessive, but it reflected a common fear that in the wake of the Moro tragedy, Italy might be in for a bout of vengeful political overreaction, skirmishing between the far right and the fringe left, or vigilante justice. "We will all pay for this act, the high and the low," said Pietro Campagna, a Rome accountant...
That lesson may give the brigaiisii themselves pause. After hailing the execution of Moro as an act of "revolutionary justice." Renato Curcio, now on trial in Turin for armed insurrection, shouted to those assembled in the crowded courtroom last week: "Perhaps you have not understood what has happened in these days or what will happen in the coming months for Italy!" In fact, everyone understood only too well. In murdering a man dedicated to the principle that people who differ could find common cause. Moro's assassins had neither divided nor conquered but united the nation...
...decides to commit murder. The victim: an archaeologist who is at work in the basement of the Cardinal's residence examining what he believes to be the bones of Jesus Christ. If the grave news gets out, people might not believe in the Resurrection any longer. So goes Act of God by Charles Templeton (Little, Brown...
...takes care of her insides, but the harmony is provided by Paul Novak, the man she has lived with since 1954. A native of Baltimore and a former muscleman in her Las Vegas act, Novak, who claims to be 45 but looks closer to 55, is friend, amanuensis, and bodyguard. Though two of the three huge diamond rings Mae sports are false, one is real, weighing in at 22 carats, and Novak never escorts her without a protective .38. He seems totally devoted to her and nods agreement at whatever she says. "I never argue with her," he notes, "because...
Kenneth McCaffrey, a spokesman for the ACT program, said yesterday that "an error has occurred," adding that he did not know what the error...