Word: ils
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Grave Alice smiled with pleasure. She presented Il Duce with a copy of her father's translation of Dante's Divinia Commedia-a work that had aroused enthusiasm at Harvard in the 80's and had given a great impulse to the study of Dante in the U. S. Signor Mussolini gravely thanked her for thus honoring him and, in a cordial conversation, expressed his great admiration for her poet-father...
...content with waging a ruthless "battle of wheat" (TIME, Oct. 24), Premier Benito Mussolini ordered a "national rice day" for Nov. 1. Apparently, on that day all good Italians must live like Chinese-on rice. For the edification of the spaghetti-eating populace, Il Duce explained that rice day was in reality a supporting attack in the "battle of wheat," which is being fought to make Italy a cereally self-sufficient country, by reducing the imports of that grain. Rice, he went on, can be raised in Italy on large tracts of land now available...
...Premier then distributed $100,000 in prizes for the best results in growing wheat. Farmers and humble peasants, abashed but proud, marched on to a raised platform and there were kissed on both cheeks by Il Duce amid the plaudits of the populace...
...that the new baby received due publicity. Before he was many hours old, it had leaked out through indiscretions, "intentional or otherwise," that the baby's features are "exactly like those of his illustrious father," which was rightfully considered an impossible piece of propaganda, typical, said critics, of Il Duce's conceit...
...marvelous city stands out so affectionately in my memory as my meeting with you dear general." Another radio the Mayor sent was to U. S. newsgatherers who asked him if he had indeed insisted upon the ejection of two Negroes from a night place in Rome, as reported by Il Progresso (Manhattan daily). "Silly report!" replied the Mayor. In Rome, one Anton Bragaglia, proprietor of the night place, explained: "Mayor Walker was my distinguished guest that evening, I asked the Brazilians in question not to dance. They were very indignant and explained they were not Negroes but Creoles, and, moreover...