Word: gronchi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Republicans' five votes were not essential to Scelba's majority. Shortly after 9 o'clock in the evening, Fanfani told Scelba formally that "with deep regret" the executive committee had decided not to support him. Next morning, smiling determinedly, Mario Scelba submitted his resignation to President Gronchi. His chief regret, said Scelba mildly, was that he had been overthrown not by parliamentary votes but by party maneuvering...
...week's enti President Gronchi, a left-wing Demo-Christian who is also flirting with Nenni, began the ritual consultations for selection of a new Premier. The first man he asked to form a government was wealthy 64-year-old Lawyer Antonio Segni, who as Minister of Agriculture in several De Gasperi cabinets was the author of the land reform laws and so dedicated a believer in them that he ordered the expropriation of most of his own estate in Sardinia...
...year cycle has been closed," cried President Gronchi, "and a new phase is about to open." By the new phase, he meant himself. "I don't think I am being blinded by vanity, but I believe that never before has the Italian Republic been so near the soul of its people as in this moment...
Time and again, the Communists and their Socialist allies leaped to their feet to applaud and cheer. Premier Scelba sat dourly throughout. Afterwards, new President Gronchi received the Christian Democrats' party boss Amintore Fanfani and told him: "Let's hope my election will bring about a distensione in this country, which I, as chief of state, will do my best to promote." "Distensione" is Italian for easing of tension, and its advocates mean by it not only coexisting with Russia as a nation, but coexisting at home with sweet-talking fellow travelers in an old-style popular front...
...that day is not yet here. As required by custom, Premier Scelba journeyed to the Quirinal Palace to present his formal resignation to the new President. Scelba made it plain that he regarded his resignation as only "a personal expression of dutiful deference." Gronchi took the hint, and formally rejected the resignation. Scelba, who has shown more agility in surviving in office than activity in governing, thus won another reprieve which should last at least until the Sicilian elections in early June...