Word: italian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Berlinguer encyclical caught church authorities by surprise. Reflecting the views of conservatives within the Italian church hierarchy, Giovanni Cardinal Benelli of Florence dismissed Berlinguer s arguments out of hand: "Christian...
...more intriguing response appeared in the semiofficial Vatican daily L 'Osservatore Romano. In a front-page editorial that had Pope Paul's approval, the paper argued that Berlinguer's proposals needed "clarification on the doctrinal level and reassurance on the practical level." The editorial added that "Italian Catholics can hardly be blamed if their interest in the Berlinguer letter is joined and outweighed by perplexity." In a departure from tradition, the voice of the Vatican also referred to the Communist leader by name, acknowledged his power, and even hinted that accommodation on specific issues might be possible...
...illusion that the entire ship is whirring as it settles to the ground. "We did a lot of experimentation," he says. "But the result is really spectacular. The ship is a city in the sky." The aliens who emerge from the base of Big Mama were the assignment of Italian Designer Carlo Rambaldi, the man who made King Kong in the 1976 film. "The idea was that they will be perhaps 100,000 years ahead of us in the process of evolution," he explains. "They don't use their arms any more except to push buttons, but they...
This handsome hulk of a capitalist-benefactor was born in a boxcar, son of an Italian immigrant mother and a French-Italian father en route to a railroad job in California. Mama and Papa Lavette perish in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Daniel is left with his father's small boat and a shockproof will to rise in the world. He is a tough, practical, democratic cuss who cares little for racial, religious or class barriers. To keep track of his profitable fishing venture, he hires a Chinese bookkeeper and later takes a Jewish business partner. An unselfconscious...
...vote getter was Aloisio Cardinal Lorscheider, 53, of Brazil, an energetic leader in preparation of Synod papers despite his undergoing open-heart surgery a year ago. Right behind him came Archbishop Joseph Bernardin of Cincinnati, 49, outgoing president of the U.S. bishops. As in 1974, not one Italian bishop was elected to the three slots reserved for Europeans...