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This time the feeler was extended by a pair of professors from an Italian university-one of them was Giorgio La Pira, onetime mayor of Florence-who purportedly had interviewed Ho and his Premier, Pham Van Dong, early in November. Through U.N. General Assembly President Amintore Fanfani, the would-be diplomatists reported breathlessly that Hanoi was now "prepared to initiate negotiations without first requiring actual withdrawal of American troops." In an echo of Lyndon Johnson, Ho was even quoted as saying: "I am prepared to go anywhere, to meet anyone...
Free from Competition. The merger, the immensity of which will have billowing effects on every financial empire in Italy, will enable Faina to cut costs. It will also bolster power-shorn Edison; under President Giorgio Valerio, 61, Edison has used its expropriation cash to move into electronics and heavy machinery, but most strongly into chemicals, where it has become Montecatini's principal rival. The merged company would no longer have to worry about that kind of competition, nor, because of Italy's easy antitrust laws, about facing monopoly charges...
...GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS, by Giorgio Bassani. The author was responsible for the posthumous publication of Lampedusa's The Leopard, and he has learned much from the master. Bassani's gracefully written novel depicts the elegant, decadent world of a rich Jewish family and its confrontation with Fascism and death...
...GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS, by Giorgio Bassani. The author was responsible for the posthumous publication of Lampedusa's The Leopard, and he has learned much from the master. Bassani's gracefully written novel depicts the elegant, decadent world of a rich Jewish family and its confrontation with Fascism...
...have begun to drop their anchors and their passengers near Turkey's untrammeled delights. Among the yachts that recently graced the port of Antalya were the three-masted schooner Sylvia, owned by Fiat Vice Chairman Gianni Agnelli, and the black 245-ton schooner Taitu, owned by Italian Builder Giorgio Varvaro. The Turkish government is slowly becoming aware that it has a priceless tourist asset in the area, has reduced the price on its two weekly flights from Istanbul to a modest $12 in order to lure newcomers. Since the cut rates went into effect eight weeks ago, the flights...