Word: italianized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lieu of the old requirement, one of the last vestiges of the classical tradition at Harvard, honors candidates may substitute a full year of an upper level course in French, German, or Italian. The course grade must be B or above...
...responsible assessment of the canal crisis must include the probability that the Egyptians are able to run it by themselves. At 0730 on the dot, placed 14th in a 24-ship convoy, the Coraggio swung free at Port Said. Egyptian Pilot Ibrahim el Shiaty, who speaks good Italian, barked his first orders: "Avanti adagio, venti a diritta" (Slow ahead, 20 degrees rudder to the right). We moved slowly past the statue of Canal Builder Ferdinand de Lesseps with bronze arm outstretched, past the white-colonnaded canal headquarters where the green Egyptian flag flew proudly from the mast, past a pair...
...bridge beside Coppola stood a newly recruited ex-Kiel Canal pilot, Captain Helmut H. Wilters, taking copious notes. He was one of 50 to 60 volunteers from several countries being rush-trained to replace the departed pilots. Shiaty tutored him meticulously. When the Italian helmsman-changed every hour on account of the strain-just once failed to follow a command, Shiaty called to the mate: "Another helmsman...
...government's fears were soon realized. In its first decision (TIME, June 25), the court unanimously declared unconstitutional Article 113 of the public security laws, which requires police permit for signs and posters. Then, in rapid order, the court struck down several other powers dear to the Italian police, among them confino (the power to banish citizens to remote areas without trial) and ammonizione (the power to restrict the freedom of movement of a citizen whose actions the police find suspicious...
Beset by family illness and financial troubles and living on a $20-a-week dole, Charles E. ("Commando") Kelly, 36, who won the Medal of Honor after killing 40 Germans in one day on the Italian front, struck it rich on CBS's Strike It Rich. He won the show's $500 jackpot, then got $240.25 more plus an offer of the down payment on a house from sympathetic listeners. To top it all, President Eisenhower sent him a cheering message, recalling how "you rallied to the defense of your comrades," expressing pride "to see your neighbors rallying...