Word: martini
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...well as a political jamboree of uncertain result. Several of Parliament's 378 new members are in fact well-known faces who will add a glow of celebrity to the legislatures. From Turin, for instance, comes Count Luigi Rossi di Montelra, Christian Democrat Deputy and vermouth empire executive (Martini & Rossi), who was kidnaped three years ago; the Count won public accolades for the exemplary stoicism he displayed during the 120-day ordeal. A Rome constituency elected Fiat Industrial Aristocrat Umberto Agnelli to the Senate as a Christian Democrat, while the small Republican Party successfully fielded his sister Susanna Agnelli...
Equally explicit are the accounts of many other aspects of the bishop's career. An alcoholic, he was three times picked up drunk and confused by police. He told one airline stewardess she could not mix a good martini, standing up in the aisle to show her how to do it. He joined Alcoholics Anonymous in 1964 and with one brief lapse stayed dry thereafter...
...Paris and Rome (not to mention Asterix, the whimsical French comic-book series, translated into Italian). The Italians also believe they have upgraded the avenue itself. "Two or three years ago, Fifth Avenue was in danger of being taken over by the banks and airline offices," says Gina di Martini of Di Camerino. "It was saved by the bold Italians." The Fifth Avenue Association, which represents all the avenue's fashionable merchants, agrees. It declared a special Italian Week last month, complete with flags, window displays and a proclamation by Mayor Abraham Beame...
...city because she is too special to settle down with a small-town Chevy dealer. In her memoir Laughing All the Way (1973), North Carolina-born Howar outlined just how special she was. Emerging from postmarital tristesse, she became a Washington gossip item. Names dropped like martini olives. Jealousies were disguised by a jovial rictus...
Junior Matt Simmons scored an impressive 5-1 victory over world champion Alexander Pusch in the epee competition of the Martini and Rossi international challenge tournament at the New York Athletic Club Saturday...