Word: centra
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...setback came as a stunning blow to the Reds. Moro's men were quick to boast that the outcome proved the worth of the Centra Sinistra, the ruling center-left coalition created largely for the purpose of isolating the Commu nists. It also reflected the absence of an effective successor to the late Communist Party boss Palmiro Togliatti, Italy's growing affluence, and the increasing moderation of Italian voters...
...Ordinary Business. "Each side," said Raskin, "convinced of its own eternal rectitude, sees the other with the grotesque distortions of a fun-house mirror." To make matters worse "defections and internal feuds have riddled the centra] organizations on which both sides once relied to promote industrial stability." Though they had talked over the issues for a full six months before the strike, neither the Times nor the Guild was prepared for serious collective bargaining. On the crucial question of the Times's pension plan, the "Guild did not bring in either an actuary or a program until after...