Word: leoni
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Venice likes to guess at what goes on behind the blank white walls of the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, a curiously truncated structure that jealous city officials stopped at mid-construction in the 18th century for fear that it would dwarf the city hall across the way. Up from the gondola landing stands Sculptor Marino Marini's strident Angel of the City (1948), a youth on horseback equipped with a detachable phallus that is respectfully removed whenever the Patriarch of Venice floats by to bless the city. Inside the palazzo, behind a 12-ft., barbed-wire-topped wall, lies...
...Pietro Leoni's ordeal ended because of one of those sudden, capricious twists with which Moscow pushes people toward death or away from it. As part of their approaching peace offensive, the Russians decided last April to send Prisoner Leoni home. Since then, he has had a reunion with his 84-year-old mother, his four brothers and sisters. He has been caught up in radio broadcasts, interviews, medical examinations. His missionary spirit is undimmed. Said Father Leoni last week: "Naturally, I am happy to be back in my dear, free Italy, but I do not regret the terrible...