Word: lombardi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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High in the Alban hills near Rome, a new war college held its first sessions last week. The war for which its officers will train is the war against atheism, materialism and sin. Its commanding general is Italy's burning-eyed, hothearted little Jesuit preacher, Father Riccardo Lombardi...
Meanwhile Joey was getting ready for the big time. An Italian conductor named Gino Lombardi discovered his conducting talent, started training him, e.g., records and scores every day before breakfast. After Joey shared programs in Miami and Long Beach, N.Y.. father Alfidi hired the Symphony of the Air and Carnegie Hall at a total cost of $10,000. Papa is sure Joey will become a great conductor. But if not, there is his baby brother, who, says Papa, already hums the first bars of Beethoven's Fifth at the age of two years...
...Riccardo Lombardi, S.J., spellbinding preacher of social responsibility to the Roman Catholic rich (TIME, March 1, 1948), is supervising construction of a building near Castel Gandolfo to be called "Pius XII Center for a Better World." "I shall dedicate what remains of my life," said Jesuit Lombardi, 47, "to creating half-a-dozen apostles and perhaps as many as 1,000 preachers who will continue my work . . . The Catholic camp must re-examine itself, and only the Pope can direct such a thing. But to do so, he needs the assistance of a stable organization that can dedicate the whole...
...Fred Lombardi of La Flamme Barber Shop felt that the rise would not really affect the net pay of his barbers, who work on a strict commission basis. "Now," he said, "instead of fifteen customers a day each barber may get only ten. The difference will be that we work less...
...Lombardi said the higher price will help the local shops keep their special kind of trade, while the "other trade will stay down in Central Square or go other places...