Word: fanfani
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...however, be quite the same lineup. For though his supporters predictably deny it, all Italy is sure it knows who led the snipers. It was little Amintore ("Il Motorino") Fanfani, who only a month ago resigned as Foreign Minister because of the political indiscretions of his wife (TIME...
...Fanfani wants to come back as Foreign Minister with an even greater say in coalition policy than he had before...
Scarcely two weeks ago he issued a "friendly warning" to Moro that a full-fledged government crisis might be in the making if the Premier did not pay more heed to the Fanfani wing of the Christian Democrats. That wing controls about 30 votes - the margin that shot down the government last week...
...Italy got the joke, all right, but the returning Amintore was not amused. First he blew his 5-ft. 1-in. top at his wife, and when she tried to escape by closing a door in his face, Fanfani reportedly kicked it in. Only when things were settled at home did he manfully face up to the chortling outside world. "Unjust and unfounded considerations and judgments of a friend and the improvident initiative of a member of my family," he wrote Premier Moro with as much dignity as he could muster, "rightfully or wrongfully have cast doubts on the conduct...
...Fanfani's agony, Moro spun out the farce yet another day, refusing to accept the resignation. But how much laughter must a politician suffer? A mortified Fanfani wrote again, and this time, realizing that enough was enough, Moro...