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Word: demochristian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1952-1952
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...strolled through the woods with his dog, his secretary brought disturbing news. Negotiations for a solid anti-Communist alliance in next month's municipal elections in southern Italy were collapsing. The monarchists, probably the third largest party in the south, were demanding as their price for joining the Demochristian alliance that the neo-Fascist M.S.I. party also be admitted. Unless De Gasperi yielded, Rome, Naples and Bari might well elect Communist mayors and councils. A Red Rome next month might mean a Red Italy next year, at the general elections. Yet De Gasperi, for all his willingness to compromise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Precarious Balancing Act | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

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