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Word: buontempo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...municipal elections last June, Italy's self-confident Communists won almost 34% of the vote, compared with just above 35% for the Christian Democrats. Since then, the Christian Democrats, though thoroughly aroused to their plight, scarcely seem to have recovered any political ground. Says Small Businessman Eugenic Buontempo of Naples, reflecting the resigned attitude of millions of his countrymen: "We've tried everything else; we might as well try the Communists." Gianni Agnelli, head of the giant Fiat company and Italy's foremost industrialist, describes the Christian Democratic government today as "confused" and "incapable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Christian Democrats: On a Shaky Unicycle | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

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