Word: italianize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When American troops entered Italy during World War II, they found the economy in dire straits. The resilient Italians survived by selling black-market goods to one another. Americans will soon be playing a variation on the Italian ploy. They will survive by serving hamburgers and doughnuts to one another. Frank Holan Westminster...
...ethnic urban voters who have been defecting to Reagan, there was a reminder that she will be the first Italian American, as well as the first woman, nominated by a major party for national office, all phrased in a context of patriotism ("My father came to America from a little town in Italy called Marcianise. Like millions of other immigrants, he loved our country passionately"). For social conservatives, a stress on traditional values ("I have a strong, loving family...our neighborhood and our faith are important parts of our lives"); for liberals, brief expressions of worry about what Reagan might...
...North Carolina. After we talked to the Southern chairs [regional party leaders] this week, the only argument among them was where I should go first-not whether I should come. People have been really receptive. In my district I was told I was going to have trouble with Italian men. Now they're my biggest supporters...
...sophisticated shopping areas, with a pricey mixture of antique shops, clothing boutiques and luxury delicatessens. Some of the best bread in the city comes from II Fornaio bakery. The neighborhood supermarket. Jurgensen's, stocks fresh beluga caviar and Maui onions. Says Alain Assemi, owner of a French and Italian women's clothing boutique: "Union Street is the Rodeo Drive of San Francisco...
Presiding amiably over the chaos are three transplants-St. Louisans Ed Moose and his wife Mary Etta and New Yorker Sam Dietsch-who shared a goal of "opening a joint, a bar with some food," in Dietsch's words. The food is Italian mezzo frillissimo. Though much convention business will doubtless be conducted around the Square's white-clothed tables, Dietsch declines to use the term power lunch. Says he: "Power lunches are for those who have enough power not to go back to work." The house softball squad, Les Lapins Sauvages, plans to come out of semiperpetual...