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...most exhausting ordeals of her life. Before her sat six facultymen, including experts in English, French and Italian. Behind, a crowd of students waited eagerly to see her perform. They had good reason for wanting to do so: of 750 students at the Interpreters' School, Giovanna Cuirlo of Genoa was the only one found qualified this term to try for the school's highest prize-the conference (or parliamentary) interpreter's certificate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How to Be Indispensable | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

...Giovanna took her seat and opened her pad, the school's Dean Sven Stelling-Michaud launched into a twelve-minute speech in fast-paced French ("The new member-state of Viet Nam is particularly happy to be able to participate in the work of the World Health Organization . . ."). With scarcely a second's delay, Giovanna read back the speech in Italian. After that a professor delivered another speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How to Be Indispensable | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

English which Giovanna read back in Italian. Then two other professors read Italian treatises on the Common Market. These Giovanna translated into English and French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How to Be Indispensable | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

...Miss Giovanna Ferrara, 23, an Italian chemistry student who used a knowledge of American history to win a total of $24,000 on Italian and American quiz programs, will visit the University at 2:30 p.m. today as part of a government-sponsored tour of Greater Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Italian Visitor | 9/27/1956 | See Source »

Mambo (Ponti De Laurentiis; Paramount) is offered as "the exalting story of a slum girl who attains integrity through her experiences with men and her love of the dance." Still, it might be advisable to have a look at the picture before showing a print to the kiddies. Giovanna (Silvana Mangano) is a Venetian shopgirl. In the daytime she displays her glamorous glass for the customers; at night she is ready for broader interests. But Mario (Vittorio Gassman), her boy friend, is primarily interested in a phony buck, any way he can get it. When Silvana meets a no-count...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 25, 1955 | 4/25/1955 | See Source »

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