Word: lira
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Italy at the rate of more than $200 million a month. In any other nation, such a capital flight might lead to alarm or panic. In Italy it is recognized as only another ingenious ploy to cheat the tax collector. No one really worries, because the fleeing lira usually returns to Italy wearing a disguise...
...traffic in lire has not unsettled the Italian economy or seriously affected Italy's balance of payments. Nor has it affected the price of the lira, which has remained remarkably steadfast at 100 lire for 16? for 14 years. But the traffic is not without its dangers. The accounts opened by Swiss banks in Italy can be converted into foreign currencies on demand. Should the government's "opening to the left" take it too far to the left, or should the tax collector become too zealous for the businessman's taste (there is talk of imposing...
Love and Larceny. A naughty, nutty comedy from Italy about a con man who discovers that a liar and his lira are seldom parted...
Love and Larceny. A naughty, nutty comedy from Italy about a con man who discovers that a liar and his lira are seldom parted...
Spanish Song of the Renaissance (Victoria de los Angeles; Angel). Accompanied on such old instruments as the vihuela de mono and the lira da braccio by the Ars Musicae of Barcelona, Soprano De Los Angeles exhumes some of the neglected treasures of Spanish song with happy results. The songs for the most part deal with unrequited love ("So sharp is my desire/ Sweet lady, and my pain/ I feel my life expire/ Yet dare not to complain"), and they are beautifully sung-with opulence of tone and an engaging air of gentle melancholy...