Word: ils
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Marauding Bedbugs. Valdagno is only one part of what Italians respectfully call "Il Miracolo Marzotto." The Marzottos own textile plants in six other Italian towns, are Europe's largest producer of woolens. They own huge farms, 60 low-priced Jolly Hotels scattered throughout Sicily and Italy, and ten clothing shops that handle their Fuso d'Oro (golden spindle) readymade clothing, which they pioneered in tailor-ridden Italy. Revenues last year from the Marzotto enterprises exceeded $100 million...
...Hammer. Crushing rebellions the papacy stirred up, Frederick earned another nickname-il Martello del Hondo (hammer of the world); but at last the machinery of his rule, having been sabotaged and repaired too many times, no longer functioned. When he died (in bed -a triumph for a ruler of those times), Italy and the Empire were in chaos. And, lacking another emperor of Frederick's energy, in chaos they remained...
...from his chair, grab a visitor by the arm and begin steering him around the room. "Look at this," he will say, pointing to an illumination by the 16th century Italian artist Giorgio-Giulio Clovio. "It's a beauty. When one looks at a beautiful painting, il faut jouir, one should be enraptured...
...very thoroughness of McNamara's presentation there was positive evidence of a chilling fact: no matter that the Russians have removed their medium-and long-range nuclear missiles from Cuba, no matter that they have taken away their IL-28 bombers -they still have impressive military strength in Cuba...
...Italian press was outraged. "Why not St. Peter's Basilica!" snapped the Paese Sera. Grumbled Il Giornale d'ltalia: "It's like putting the Eiffel Tower up for auction." Romans conjured up terrible visions of neon signs winking over the colossal marble statues of Neptune and his Tritons...