Word: di
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stairs to the great hall with its Vasari frescoes and a Michelangelo statue, thence into an anteroom which used to be Pope Leo's chamber. Nothing so vulgar as a "no smoking" sign could be tolerated here; carefully chiseled stone tablets proclaim: "ll Sind-aco proibisce di fumare in questa sola" (The Mayor forbids smoking in this hall...
...Mozart's money, Don Giovanni and Idomeneo, Rè di Creta were the two best operas he ever wrote. Few have ever doubted that Don Giovanni was his best. Few have ever heard Idomeneo. Last week, at Massachusetts' Berkshire Festival, an audience heard Idomeneo in one of its few performances in 166 years, its first ever in the U.S. Though few would be willing to switch their bets from Don Giovanni, most agreed that Idomeneo was well worth hearing...
Benjamin ("Bugsy") Siegel was a hood with class. His home outside Beverly Hills was a tourist showpiece. He dined with Barbara Hutton, went yachting with Countess Dorothy di Frasso...
...Work." At 6 o'clock sharp Pius enters his study and a new phase of great activity. He starts with an examination of the ecclesiastical or political issues which have been laid before him by the Cardinals in the morning's Udienze di Tabella. Eight o'clock is dinner time. The meal is lighter than lunch, takes less than an hour. After dinner the Pope goes to his chapel again for 20 minutes of prayer...
When he comes out of the chapel, shortly after 9, the Pope sometimes enjoys saying: "Now I can settle down to my day's work." Usually he studies again whatever matters the Cardinals have submitted to him in the morning's Udienze di Tabella, then prepares any speeches he may have to make. He jots down pencil notes which he later expands on the typewriter. When he is forced to use ink (he dislikes fountain pens), he uses a very fine...