Word: italian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Anchorage the Alaskan press club organized a great reception. The penguins were renamed Egegik (an Alaskan name) and Angela (Italian) Kinglea (meaning very good friend). They consumed their first meal in the Far North, consisting of hooligans (local fish) and salmon...
Professedly unaware that his proposition was out of place, Italian Tailor Angelo Litrico, who has occasionally fitted the well-padded form of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, offered President Eisenhower a vicuna coat (free, no strings), later decided, after he was told about Bostonian Bernard Goldfine, that the offer was still good. "It is not insulting in Italy to present a vicuna coat," explained Litrico. "In Italy it is a good material...
...discrepancies remained, said a Vatican spokesman, "it is up to the Italian judiciary to eliminate them." But he added: "The aggressiveness of some Protestant sects, largely financed by funds from the U.S., has become intolerable. The authorities of the Catholic Church feel it their right and duty to forestall the propagation of what they consider heresy...
...Holy Rollers are banned in Italy on the last count, as their services are considered to have a "detrimental effect on the Italian psyche...
...past the Lyric has put on many a fine, star-heavy performance, and last week's cast was again impressive: Viennese Soprano Leonie Rysanek as Aïda, Italian Mezzo-Soprano Giulietta Simionato as Amneris, Swedish Tenor Jussi Bjoerling as Radames, Italian Baritone Tito Gobbi as Amonasro. But the stage sets looked as though they had been resurrected from an early copy of the Victor Book of Operas: cluttered scenes with every temple, tower and palm frond rendered in tedious detail. And Paris Opera Conductor Georges Sebastian throttled the tempo to a crawl, once even goaded Tenor Bjoerling into...