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...such a bella figura or prove himself such a furbo (big shot) behind the wheel as the Italian. He passes on the right, double passes on the left, triple parks, turns left from the right-hand lane, lunges at pedestrians, ogles the girls, looks at his handsome self in the mirror, waves his arms wildly and shrieks "criminali" and "bastardi" at other drivers. He plays Roman roulette, which means hurtling into an intersection without looking to left or right. The one thing he likes better than passing a whole row of cars is passing the car that is passing them...
Benito, Il Furbo...
...Italian drama and opera, il furbo [applied to Mussolini-TIME, June 21] ... is a not-too-sinister trickster and cheat whose schemes, for a time, prosper greatly. Invariably, however, he overextends himself and becomes involved in a fatal tangle. Only the intervention of providence, or some powerful protector who can make selfish use of his talents, saves him from final disaster. He emerges with his life, but shorn of all his gains...
...journalists say 'honest!' . . . He does not promise them that the State will make their fortunes, but that, if they work the State will do what it can to help them. . . . The peasants, I think, do not show displeasure when they refer to him as un furbo, 'a crafty fellow.' He is, indeed, very, very astute...
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