Word: martinella
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Narrow Margins. As the two sides of the House made for each other, shouting curses and grabbing handy weapons, the speaker summoned help on a siren called la Martinella. A phalanx of strapping ushers rushed in. Prohibited from laying hands on the honorable members, the thin line of frock-coated ushers compromised by kicking shins. They were swept aside as the factions closed, fists waving, drinking glasses hurtling, chair legs thudding on skulls. From his seventh-row plush seat, Red Chief Togliatti, carefully guarded by a Red deputy, watched with a connoisseur's interest. Premier Alcide de Gasperi...
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