Word: chariot
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...since the Roman chariot, have the Italians made a vehicle so peculiarly and proudly their own. Throughout the country, Italians ride swiftly to work & play on streamlined little two-wheeled scooters that do more than 100 miles on a gallon of gas. The motor scooter, invented in the U.S. but never a big seller, has become the model T of Italy, putting the country on wheels, breaking down regional barriers, and filling the air with its sputtering roar. Whole families ride a scooter. While the father drives, and one or two children stand on the tiny floorboard between his seat...
When they arrived at Ciampino airport, the visitors got a preliminary taste of U.S. pressagentry. Robert Taylor's old Roman chariot led the planes off the runway and carried baggage to the waiting room. During the next few days the delegates...
...decided at the conference that Quo Vadis will open this fall-at advanced prices-in theaters the world over (it is now playing only in the U.S. and London); MGM's home-office agents will personally supervise exploitation, e.g., parades of vestal virgins, chariot-borna gladiators charging through the streets. M-G-M has decided against using the Colosseum for the Roman premiere of Quo Vadis. Acoustics and lighting conditions are just not up to the picture...
...Hollywood is no small town by any means. It is the headquarters of an industry which has brought about the greatest change in the field of entertainment since the time of chariot racing...
...title are two young Italian peasants, Renzo and Lucia, who lived near Milan in the time of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). In the very choice of such a hero & heroine, Manzoni kicked over the elegant traces that had bound Italian writers to the creaky old chariot of classicism. Free of that dead weight, his story tears off on a wild, romantic ride...