Word: concetta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Giuseppe Scaffidi was a man of simple tastes. A stubby, barrel-chested farm worker, he lived happily with his wife Concetta and their four children in a shabby house in the Sicilian countryside near Messina. One day five years ago, when Giuseppe was 28, he met a young neighbor named Mariannina at a festival. Mariannina was very unhappy. Her husband was old and blind, and her family was forced to live on the husband's pension of $160 a month. "No problem," said Giuseppe generously. "Move in with us." So Mariannina, her husband and their three children settled...
...someone else's turn to sleep in the big bed with Giuseppe." Hers was Sunday. Scheduling was left to No. 1, who juggled Giuseppe's nocturnal appointments around illnesses and other exigencies. "There was no jealousy at all," said No. 2, ignoring the fact that Wife Concetta had no number, let alone night, to call her own. Indeed, Concetta got fed up with Giuseppe's if-this-is-Wednesday-this-must-be-Fortunata lifestyle, left home and moved in with her father. But divorce? Unthinkable. "Divorce a man like Giuseppe?" she said. "Please...
...Maryland lottery was asked to contribute to UFO research. Dominic Barisano, 63, won the jackpot in Massachusetts, only to give away so much to his four children, 13 grandchildren and eight brothers and sisters that he had no money to pay his income taxes. Says his wife Concetta, 61: "I'm a little sorry we won. One of my grandchildren told me, 'It's like you're a millionaire...