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Word: autocarro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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...papal paper except that it carries no advertisements or cooking recipes, displays the triple tiara of the Pope and his crossed keys to Earth and Heaven. Though crime news is excluded, sensations are not. Thus a recent headline in L'Osservatore reads: Un bambino investito da un autocarro ("A little boy attacked [i. e. bumped] by an automobile"). Significant details were given. The car was un piccolo (a little one), the baby was un povero piccolo (a poor little one), and the cause of the accident was non bene accertate (not precisely known). Editor Count Dalla Torre weighs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Fleet Street Flayed | 2/10/1930 | See Source »

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