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...globe," he said-not in the form of a small cloudlet. Art experts and three former owners of the painting pooh-poohed the distinction. After hearing the evidence, the court handed down its judgment: De Chirico had peevishly denied his own work, must pay costs plus 330,000 lire ($500) in damages...
...comparatively wealthy man, Verdi gave some 450,000 lire, five years before he died, at 87, to establish a Casa di Riposo for worn-out musicians. In his will he left it 250,000 lire, plus all future opera royalties...
...week to get down to serious rehearsal, with soloists, chorus and the NBC Symphony, for his first conducting in six months: an anniversary performance of the Requiem. Carnegie Hall (at a top of $25 a seat) was already almost sold out. That would add up to a lot of lire for the Casa Verdi...
...compromising photographs, the bookkeepers maintained, could only be a clever photomontage. Photographer Botti told the police he had been hired by Mayor Gialdi, paid 4,000 lire, plus expenses, by a town councillor. Said he: "Professional secrecy prohibits me from describing the pictures of the love scenes." Mayor Gialdi said that two of the shots were "definitely compromising...
...small, smoke-darkened room they share with eleven relatives, he cried, "It's Cuocino! It may be not much good as farming land but we can build a house there. It has rocks and I know how to blast stone. It will save us our rent, 2,000 lire a month." Concetta had tears in her eyes. "If only I can get out of this filth," she said, "I don't mind begging for bread. It's something, anyhow...