Word: italianization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Papal table is usually supplied with Italian, not French, wines...
...bleak spot in the English channel where, in September 1917, a German submarine torpedoed the Belgian steamer Elizabethville in the safe of which was locked the entire diamond output of the Congo for 1917, valued at $10,000,000. The Government of His Belgian Majesty has just employed an Italian deep sea diving firm which proposes to raise the safe by means of a potent submarine magnet...
Guglielmo Ferrero, foremost living Italian historian: "To put war outside the law is a noble and grand idea. It will give great glory to America to have made this immense revolution in history, if she succeeds...
After the cable was read in the Hotel Carlton, Tilden cried: "I refute all charges. We will win the Davis Cup yet. I hereby apply for a job training American Davis Cup members for the gruelling matches ahead." Baron de Morpurgo, captain of the Italian team, rushed up to Tilden, said: "I'm sorry, Bill. This takes all the fun out of it." Some said the Baron grinned. But there was no doubt of the sincerity of Lacoste, who soon came to Tilden's room to express regrets...
...course of 764 pages. Not even the main characters have all been mentioned here, to say nothing of the intricate assortment of servants, lovers, cousins, and the churchmen and politicians that run riot through both volumes. With all its exhausting intricacies, this panoramic novel abounds in rich knowledge of Italian nature, and a kindly disparagement of human futilities...