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...century Roman palazzo, Italy's Christian Democrats last week battled for the future of their strife-torn, dispirited party. After five hours of tense debate, party leaders finally emerged with a plan of action, a marked change after the vacillation and near paralysis that have gripped the governo diparcheggio, or "parking-meter government," slapped together two months ago under Premier Aldo Moro. They would make one last-and probably foredoomed-try to cooperate with the other parties on emergency economic measures. If that failed, they would have to accept the inevitability of an early election-probably this June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Moving to a Shootout | 4/26/1976 | See Source »

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