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Word: corradi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1949-1949
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Usage:

...live far from Calabria. Cavaliere Francesco Cosentino rents land from them. He is a wealthy gentleman who sits in an armchair in Crotone. When we take off our hats to him, he seldom answers. We don't deal with Cosentino direct; he rents his land out to Francesco Corradi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Land Hunger | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...Corradi doesn't despise the company of poor peasants. In fact, he is always around. I planted a fig tree here one day. I have held this land for 15 years, and never a tree on it. I want a tree. But Corradi rushed up shouting, 'Who planted this fig tree?' He made me cut it down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Land Hunger | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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