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Parnassus in the Vatican. Agostino Chigi, the Rockefeller to 16th century Rome, was a firm believer in astrology (a pagan holdover), yet pious too. The meaning of the decorations he ordered for his burial chapel in Rome's Church of Santa Maria del Popolo is obviously that the lives...
Finance went to Pella's able lieutenant, Giulio Andreotti, who is, however, an outspoken opponent of Italy's badly needed tax-reform bill. Segni balanced Andreotti by appointing as Minister of Agriculture 35-year-old Emilio Colombo, a firm believer in land reform and one of the party...
At week's enti President Gronchi, a left-wing Demo-Christian who is also flirting with Nenni, began the ritual consultations for selection of a new Premier. The first man he asked to form a government was wealthy 64-year-old Lawyer Antonio Segni, who as Minister of Agriculture...
"Ignorant men in high places," snorted Higgins, as he kept on looking. In 1892. promising "millions," he persuaded three fellow Beaumonters to back him, but all he returned was three dry Spindletop holes. He became the town bore. Beaumont residents sneeringly called him "the millionaire." Desperate for a believer, Higgins...
If past resentments of the Tories lingered, there were plenty of signs that the present leadership intends to deserve well of the future. Anthony Eden has found a new self-confidence. Chancellor Butler has kept the Welfare State but has adjusted his budgets to restore incentives to private enterprise. Foreign...