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Tonight, a Prayer. It was past noon before Amerigo Marescalchi drew the middling lands of Cuocino and the pasture land Serra di Barracco. Still uncertain, he rushed home. When he caught sight of his wife Concetta in the doorway of the small, smoke-darkened room they share with eleven relatives, he cried, "It's Cuocino! It may be not much good as farming land but we can build a house there. It has rocks and I know how to blast stone. It will save us our rent, 2,000 lire a month." Concetta had tears in her eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Bear Must Die | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

Married. Miss Eleanor Sears, daughter of the late Commodore James H. Sears, U. S. N., to Baron Francesco Barracco; in Rome. She is not to be confused with Miss Eleanora Sears, famed Boston sportswoman, national women's doubles tennis champion in 1915-16-17, national mixed doubles champion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 29, 1924 | 12/29/1924 | See Source »

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