Word: basta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mary (a figure of extraordinary veneration in Poland) and referred to his new role as Bishop of Rome,* another bid for the favor of his newly adopted flock. At one point during the speech, a Vatican bureaucrat, caught off guard by the new Pope's departure from tradition, hissed "Basta!" (Enough!) at him; John Paul II ignored him and kept talking...
Dozens of partisan supporters stormed out of the agitated Rome courtroom past tense police bailiffs with shouts of "Phony justice" and "Basta! Enough of violence against the bodies of women." Outside, more than 2,000 militant feminists crying "Viva Claudia!" and "Claudia is not afraid!" marched defiantly past riot police and raised their hands in a triangular sign denoting the womb. The gesture has become a feminist symbol of solidarity...
...them out in the cold. Accordingly, they rejected with gusto the Christian Democrats' proffered olive branch, dismissing the offer of further consultation. Socialist Party Secretary Francesco de Martino declared, "With these Christian Democrats, it's finished. The last possibilities have been burned up." Deputy Loris Fortuna exulted, "Basta! We've cut the last rope. We're not going to let ourselves get dragged into any more rounds of yes-but-maybes or other tiresome stalling maneuvers." The Socialists are confident their stands in favor of divorce and legal abortion-two issues that have fractured the Christian...