Word: italian
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...about the true intentions of the so-called Eurocommunist parties of Italy, France and Spain: after decades of being apologists for totalitarianism, they now profess their commitments to democratic principles. Purged from their platforms is the once obligatory rhetoric calling for violent revolution and a dictatorship of the proletariat. Italian Communist Party Boss Enrico Berlinguer has said that under his party, "the system must remain that of liberty and individual rights, representative democracy that has its center in the parliament, pluralism of parties and alternating parties in the government...
...same time, party conservatives imposed sharp limits on Andreotti's room to maneuver. No arrangement with the Communists could continue beyond year's end, when the Italian parliament is due to elect a new President; among other strict policy guidelines, allegiance to NATO would have to be maintained, and there could be no policemen's union affiliated with the Communist-dominated General Confederation of Labor-the rejection of a key Communist demand. Insisted Senate Whip Giuseppe Bartolomei: "The Communists must not be legitimized as a governing party, not even...
Some Christian Democrats would not mind if Italy's political crisis continued to drag on for a while. They fear that a gain for the Italian Communists might help the French Reds at the polls, which in turn would strengthen Italian Party Leader Enrico Berlinguer's hand. As one Christian Democratic Deputy put it: "An agreement with the Communists here would be a joli cadeau (pretty gift) for Georges Marchais, just as victory for the left in France would be a merveilleux cadeau for the Communists here...
...below the psychologically important two-mark barrier before rallying slightly to close the week at 2.02. In Switzerland, the dollar rocketed between extremes of 1.88 and 1.75 Swiss francs within two trading days. The dollar even managed a distinction of sorts by hitting a 17-month low against the Italian lira, one of the world's weakest currencies...
Wednesday, March 15: Italian Department: Lecture and Slide Show. Mancy Dersofi, Assistant Professor of Italian, Bryn Mawr College on "The Renaissance of Theatre: the evolution of scenery and written text on sixteenth century Italy." Open to all G06 Pendleton East, 4:15 p.m. French Department Film:Last Year in Marienbad. 105 Pendleton East...