Word: italian
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
From another box, eight plainclothesmen watched the proceedings. Italian law forbids "apologies for fascism," and the speakers had to watch their language. Most of the time, when they meant fascism, they simply spoke of "past glories...
...Utesov was wrong. The umbrella has been invented again & again. A Chinese legend attributes its invention to a woman who lived some 3,000 years ago. The Greeks and Romans had it, but most of Europe forgot its umbrella during the Middle Ages. In the 16th Century some unnamed Italian invented it again. Two centuries later, however, umbrellas were being greeted with amazement in England and Scotland. North America's first umbrella appeared on the streets of Baltimore in 1772. According to one account, "Pedestrians stood transfixed, women were frightened, horses ran away, and naughty children threw stones. Finally...
...girl, Soprano Patrice Munsel, 24, struck an old pose (see cut) and dived into a new project: she will spend the summer learning German roles, to round out a repertory that includes the French and Italian...
...tiny Via del Corno in 1925, Mussolini's recent power grab was of less interest than neighborhood scandal. But Carlino, the Fascist clerk, itched for the Second Wave that would bring revenge on his political enemies. And Maciste, the Communist blacksmith, glumly recognized the shattering defeat that Italian leftists had suffered. Fruit Peddler Ugo, his hotheaded disciple, broke with him over weakkneed party policy, but returned one night when he learned that the Second Wave was starting. They roared off on Maciste's motorcycle in a desperate attempt to warn their comrades, but the squadristi shot Maciste dead...
...dozens of lightly sketched characters; others will gag on the implication that communism was the only answer to Mussolini. But A Tale of Poor Lovers is no U.S.-brand party-line novel. It is wise, involved and European-a swarming microcosm of social and psychological complexities in modern Italian life...