Word: italianize
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Italy neutral on the spot (TIME, Sept. 11) is the most stupid, idiotic and false statement of the Italian Strength, Italy alone is able to beat to a pulp both France and England; 8 millions of the best soldiers in the world, armed with the best and most modern weapons ever been dreamed, guided by expert and experienced commanders, are more than a match for Marianne and John Bull. Italy is neutral because Germany alone is more than able to administer to the two thieves of Versailles the defeat of their histories. . . . You, Mr. Editor, are a low down scoundrel...
...Italian-American delegates to the Sons of Italy convention in San Francisco, Stefano Miele (Supreme Venerable of the society) exclaimed: "Let us thank God that America is neutral...
Timed to the minute came a story from Berlin: Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini would propose peace. German divisions released from the Polish front, together with the bulk of the German air force, would be sent to the German-Italian frontier-prepared to move across Italy with Italian troops if France refused peace; prepared to move against Italy if Italy refused to offer...
...when she faced them bright & early one morning this week. Having spent the summer traveling alone in Iran and Iraq, Miss Scheh arrived in Italy with a return steamship ticket and a flat purse. Her ship developed "engine trouble," failed to sail. So did other ships to which the Italian Line transferred her. Unable to get either passage or refund from the Italian Line, she hurried to Havre and laid siege to the U. S. Lines office. After ten hours, company officials surrendered, signed on Miss Scheh as a member of the U. S. Manhattan's crew (official stenographer...
First effect of this uncertainty on Hollywood, which has already written off the German and Italian box offices, once 10% of its foreign gross, was a scaling down of costs on current productions. Director Wesley Ruggles, rather than shave his $2,000,000 budget for Arizona, shelved the picture. Other producers planned to whittle future budgets over $600,000 down to fit domestic box-office expectations. Since the greater part of production cost is in salaries and overhead, decreased budgets in the long run would inevitably mean tightening the belt in Hollywood's corporate scale of living...