Word: italianize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...particular interest to students of Italian painting is the antiphonary, the bequest of W. V. R. Berry '81. It is a sumptuous book of 346 vellum pages, each covered with liturgical text and musical notations. At the beginning of each phrase is traced a large initial, within which are illuminations by Lippo Vanni, active between...
...oblivion and the House of Morgan had its Louis XIV. Perhaps prosaic Americans never quite realized that in gigantic, predatory J. P. Morgan I they had an authentic Emperor of Railways and Commerce, a sovereign whose technically free serfs were trainmen, and who levied legal tribute on the public. Italians, quicker to perceive such romantic truths, commonly referred to Morgan in his latter years as Il Magnifico. The numberless art treasures which he carried off from Italy-by no better right than his irresistible power to pay any price-doubtless clinched the Italian conviction that he was indeed Il Magnifico...
...snorting motor truck which took the news reels and movie projector to His Holiness was emblazoned with the Italian Coat of Arms and was the first vehicle so emblazoned to enter the Papal precincts since 1870. The estrangement between Pope and King which then began has now been so thoroughly patched up by the Treaty signed last fortnight that next June, according to announcements made last week, the Royal State Coach will clatter up to the Vatican, and King Vittorio Emanuele III will pay a call which the Supreme Pontiff will speedily return...
Soon Mr. Pitcairn and Señor de la Cierva may be reimbursed for their experimental investment. The autogiro is entered in the Guggenheim Fund's "safe aircraft competition" to develop an aerodynamically safe plane. Twelve U. S.. British and Italian manufacturers have already entered the competition. First prize is $100,000. There are also five $10,000 prizes...
...Nationality presents the third type about which our discussion centers. Italy claims as her citizens all people who are born of Italian parents, no matter where they are born or reside. The United States, on the other hand, calls everyone a citizen who is born in America. When Italian parents living in New York have a son, of which nation then is he a member? An agreement on nationality is the third type of law which is extremely advisable, and which we hope to establish...