Word: gnocchi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...real hero of the Milan drama was a man who had died the week before. He was a lean, jut-jawed parish priest, Don Carlo Gnocchi, who had devoted the last seven of his 53 years to caring for Italy's maimed children. He started the Youth Foundation, which has spread from Milan to Rome and six other cities. In its hostels he housed 2,000 youngsters suffering from almost every handicap known. As he lay dying of cancer late last month, Don Carlo decided to leave two of his wards a last legacy: his sight. He willed...