Word: italian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...face with an international incident. The Stockholms-Tidningen had just demanded the elimination of platinum blonde Miss Sweden on two grounds: 1) she had once been elected Miss China in a Stockholm cabaret contest, and 2) she wasn't a miss; she was a missus, married to an Italian. Rebutted Miss Sweden: "I was elected Miss China in 1941 at Stockholm's biggest vaudeville house, which is named 'China.' " But the judges disqualified Miss Sweden anyway-on count...
...piece of Communist propaganda recently miscarried. Even Italian Communists couldn't stomach the stick sentimentality of a Russian propaganda movie. It showed a Russian airman ready to die in glory while Comrade Stalin, over the radio, urged him to live on. Interrupted Italian comrades" We want Walt Disney...
Daughter of Metropolitan Opera Manager Edward Johnson, Fiorenza was born in Florence, educated in Europe and the U.S. She speaks French and Italian fluently, finds both an asset in her barnstorming. "Did you know," she asked, "that there are 5,000 Italians in the Soo? They love to hear their language spoken...
...good mimic, she often wows French audiences with take-offs of people who heckle husband George. She has never been heckled herself. Fiorenza's chats in English run about five minutes, those in French or Italian seven to 15. She hugs a mike like a crooner, turns it over to George with, "Now you didn't come here to listen to me. I'm going to sit down and let the men do the work...
...steam was used to concentrate boric acid brought to the surface by natural soffioni (blowholes). In 1905 it ran a steam engine and a 20-kilowatt generator. A sizable industry has grown up around Larderello, producing borax, carbon dioxide and ammonia as well as power. Italian geologists believe that the output, both of chemicals and power, can be increased considerably, hence the new power plant...