Word: mario
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt has angered the radical wing of his Social Democratic Party by braking the rate of pension increases and halting the planning of new ambitious welfare schemes, like a costly increase in health benefits. To stop a headlong plunge into bankruptcy, Portugal's Socialist Premier Mario Scares has been uncomfortably forced to restore to private ownership farms confiscated after the 1974 revolution...
...village's collective lust, from a young boy sodomizing a mule to the rusty sex rites of an aged couple; or the scenes showing how far the "spare the rod" philosophy of rearing is literally taken by the father of the future writer Gavio Ledda (Saverio Marconi). Mario Masini's cinematography especially shines in filming the lush greens and radiant ambers of a sunlit Sardinian landscape. But most importantly, few movies have ever probed the bitter relationship of an intractable patriarch and his eldest son more sensitively and unflinchingly than the quasi-literary "Padre, Padrone...
...phase deals with the child Gavino's harsh lessons in shepherding and the consequent stunting of his mental and spiritual growth. Minor instances of mischief and sloth are met with the most brutal punishments (one of which renders the young Gavino unconscious). Only the color-rich landscapes captured by Mario Masini's cinematography provide relief from the seemingly ceaseless beatings...
...Mario Fantini, professor and dean of the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts, who shared the platform with Willie, said society is about to enter into an age of education. "We have a school system and we need an educational system," he said...
...surprising that Mike Desaulniers took home the biggest silver cup at the National Singles Squash Championships yesterday, but the way he won it was a bit out of the ordinary. Over one hour after the contest's scheduled starting time fellow finalist Mario Sanchez of Mexico defaulted the match on the advice of his doctors...