Word: arsoli
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they voted Demo-Christian last spring. When the electoral results became known, local Demo-Christians told them of the government's financial difficulties and the need for patience, so the people of Arsoli modified their request. Instead of begging for a pump which would cost 12 million lire (about $21,000), they declared themselves ready to wait, so as not to throw an excessive financial burden on the government...
...because of pressing unemployment they wrote: "We would humbly point out that there is no road between Arsoli and Cervara [a nearby town]. The path is so narrow that a mule can hardly get through. While you take your time to solve the urgent question of our water, please advance funds to build a road and employ our idle young men. We respectfully submit that these young men have nothing to put in their kitchen pots, and their parents are pained to see them grow up as wastrels." Back came Rome's answer: "Start work at once. The government...
...each week they were told that the government had not yet sent funds. Finally the day came when they threw down their picks. They were willing to work for nothing, but they had no funds to buy material to build a bridge over a ditch. Today sheep feed on Arsoli's road to Cervara and funds have not yet arrived...
...Arsoli people no longer believe that Demo-Christian and Christian are synonymous. The Communists had failed them after Fascism had cheated them. The priests' party was clearly no good. Where could they turn...
...entrusted their fortunes to one Fabius Maximus, later known as Cunctator-the Delayer, because he made Hannibal chase him around Italy for eight years. He was Vittorio's ancestor. Now that the Arsolians brought him their troubles, Vittorio realized that something just as bad as Hannibal was at Arsoli's gates...