Word: di
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...central holdings in Africa at Britain's expense rests secondarily on her efforts to enlarge the borders of her most recently acquired and indigestible piece of African pie: Ethiopia. Viceroy there and Governor General of Italian East Africa is the ablest member of the Royal Family, Prince Amedeo di Savoia, Duke of Aosta, first cousin of King Vittorio Emanuele. Into his 42 years this dynamic Duke has packed a great deal of colonial service and fighting in Tripoli, the Sahara, Ethiopia, incognito in the Belgian Congo. Lean and tall, he is a veteran of artillery, camel cavalry, a general...
...which was the force seen by the Italian scout south of Crete. In the night the columns made rendezvous. Off Cape Spartivento next day Sir Andrew encountered the Italians, who had ventured out with two of their six battleships, the fast but thin-skinned Giulio Cesare and Conte di Cavour, together with some heavy (10,000-ton) cruisers and usual destroyer and submarine auxiliaries...
...face of bans placed on demonstrations for or against any belligerents, a wild anti-Italian riot and shouts of "Long live France!" greeted Baron di Fontana Degli Angeli Gioacchino Scaduto Mendola, new Italian Minister to Ecuador, when he presented his credentials...
...York Yankees' great Outfielder Joe Di Maggio, after facing Satchel in exhibition games, declared the Negro had more speed than anybody. The garrulous, once-great Dizzy Dean allowed that Satchel was plenty fast, but had no curve worth mentioning. When Diz batted against Satchel, the black pitcher struck him out with three consecutive curves...
Some fans attributed the Yankee breakdown to Sparkplug Joe Di Maggio's absence from the lineup for three weeks because of an injured knee. Others said rival managers, discovering that the Yankees were allergic to left-handed pitchers, fed them nothing but southpaws (lefties were responsible for nine of their 14 defeats). Still others suggested ennui, overconfidence, the law of averages, and a recent American League ruling that forbids a World Champion club to trade or buy players from rival clubs. But Manager Oscar Vitt of the Cleveland Indians, chuckling over his team's position just behind...