Word: manlio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Italy's Turn. The haggling with Tito over for the moment, the negotiators called in Italy's London Ambassador Manlio Brosio last week and advised him of the terms. He flew to Rome, nominally to attend his niece's wedding, but actually to inform Premier Mario Scelba's government, which has done its best to keep the subject quiet. Now it would be Italy's turn to negotiate, to redraw the map, and to bargain for advantages. This would take weeks, perhaps months. But progress was being made-and that was good news...
...Santa Severina's people, each plot of land had been carefully discussed, each peasant had his say as to value. I was present at the meeting that preceded last week's Sunday drawing. It was held in the moonlight, in front of the municipal hall. Professor Manlio Rossi-Doria, the energetic assistant chairman of the Sila Project, spoke from an open window...