Word: italian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...outstanding loans. From statements that had been made to get the loans, Beltrante learned that Johnson held securities worth about $100,000. Through a broker friend, Beltrante got the name of Johnson's broker, who confirmed that Johnson had a secret Swiss account. Finally, through Italian sources, Beltrante learned his Swiss account number and the size of his trove: $2 million...
...number of Western statesmen and intellectuals-notably former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger-have warned against accepting at face value the Eurocommunists' assurances that they are truly independent from Moscow and committed to working within existing parliamentary and democratic systems. But the surprising electoral successes of the Italian and French Communist parties have been equally alarming to Moscow, although for very different reasons...
Washington and many of Italy's other Western allies feared that the deal might amount to a psychological breakthrough for the Italian Communists. But for the moment the U.S. seemed prepared to accept the conventional view that the agreement was a successful tradeoff. "Each side," observed one Italian Cabinet official, "allowed the other to save face, knowing that in politics it is a mistake to over...
...standard bikini has not been neglected. The Italian version below by Anna Club is done up in gold lame, guaranteed to cast a glow even on overcast days. Next to it is Fiorucci's red string bikini, which has attractions of its own. But the new maillots (French for both baby clothes and bathing suits) are something else. Ashore, these clinging one-piece numbers are pinafore-demure. Wetted, they become second skins, as close to the body as sun tan oil. They are also practical. Halston says of his hot-pink strapless model on the next page: "It gives...
Renato Curcio, 37, darkly bearded founder-leader of the ultraleftist Brigate Rosse (Red Brigades), and four confederates were on trial for resisting arrest and illegal arms possession. But also on trial was the Italian government's ability to maintain civil order-or to conduct a trial at all. Although Curcio's Red Brigades have fewer than 1,000 hardcore activists and supporters, their terrorism has resulted in eight deaths and two dozen wounded in connection with the prosecutions. As Curcio vowed on opening day: "The trial is an act of war to which we will reply with acts...