Word: malagodi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...deal was promptly and bitterly attacked by foes from all sides. Nenni's pro-Communist wing continued to denounce it as a sellout to the bourgeoisie. Liberal Spokesman Giovanni Malagodi said the coalition heads Italy "directly toward Communist shores." Comrade Palmiro Togliatti sneered at Nenni's claim that the Socialists would change things once they got into government, and snapped: "We could define such a vision of power as Stalinist...
From the other end of the political spectrum, the free-enterprising Liberals, who also made impressive election gains, were hopping mad. Liberal Leader Giovanni Malagodi bitingly labeled Moro "a taller, sadder Fanfani, but no less dangerous"; he promised to wage the "severest possible opposition" to the apertura...
Future Reforms. Last week it was the able Malagodi, 58, who made the most telling points against the philosophy of the center-left coalition and its schemes for more centralized government planning. He did not accuse the apertura's backers of being Communists, because they are not. But he bluntly stated the fear of many that the concept will in the long run make things easier for the Communists. "The big, positive things call for courage and a new political approach," he cried. "Taken together, they add up to an all-out fight against Communism . . . The opening...
...right, apertura's chief challenge was among the free-enterprising Liberals, who more than doubled their previous vote of 1,000,000; this was a spectacular gain, even if it amounted to only 7% of the total turnout. Most of the credit went to tireless Liberal Campaigner Giovanni Malagodi, 58, a banker turned politician, who hit out hard at Fanfani's schemes for more government planning and higher taxes...
...apertura also opens the way to far-reaching government planning and higher taxes, both of which are strongly opposed by large and small businessmen; perhaps significantly, Liberal Party Leader Giovanni Malagodi, an economic conservative who sharply criticizes Fanfani's flirtation with the left, has been drawing large and enthusiastic crowds. Another anxiety created by the center-left coalition is that Neutralist Nenni will weaken Italy's ties to the Atlantic alliance. These fears could cost Fanfani's Christian Democrats as many as 1,000,000 votes...