Word: buon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...heart. One story indicated the Italian's cynicism: The Duce was not satisfied with the reports he was getting on his last speech and decided to make a personal checkup. He put on a beard and wandered in the streets until he met a likely looking citizen. "Buon giorno," said the Duce, "and how did you like the Duce's last speech?" The citizen was terrified. His worried eyes shot up & down the street to make sure he was not overheard. At last he dragged the Duce off to a side street. Then, in a cautious whisper...
After two years' internment Penny escaped, stole a bicycle and pedaled into Rome. Knowing Italian, he hailed peasants with a cheery "buon giorno," nodded to Italian soldiers. Inside Rome he "very coldly spent some time visiting the sights of the Eternal City." As British tourists have done for years, he visited the tombs of Keats and Shelley, admired the stairs leading from the Piazza di Spagna, shuddered at the architectural bad taste of the Vittorio Emanuele Monument, roamed happily through the Coliseum and the ancient ruins in the Roman Forum. At last having tossed a coin into the Trevi...