Word: arrangiarsi
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Nowhere in the world are such defensive tactics so pervasive-or extreme. Although American executives would be appalled by the kind of precautions that Italians must take, the Italians themselves shrug off personal danger as just one more situation requiring the ancient art of arrangiarsi (literally, to make shift) -getting the upper hand on life's many minor irritations. Since the country's wave of kidnapings developed in the early 1970s, 241 Italians have been snatched for ransom. Top executives remain prime victims. Two weeks ago, Movie Producer Niccolo De Nora was released after a record 524 days...
...heavy with U.S. brass. Local lawyers and accountants should be hired to run interference in dealing with the tangle of tax laws and bureaucratic red tape. In Rome, for example, only an Italian could have a feel for the legendary way of doing business known as arrangiarsi-roughly, arranging things to one's best advantage...
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