Word: meglio
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...head-on battle with the women, however, the male legislators will probably do nothing about the motto. Which brings to mind a loose translation of an adage from Winston Churchill that Maryland's lawmakers might adopt as their own before things reach a showdown: Parlare, parlare, e sempre meglio che fare la guerra, fare la guerra. Or, in the original English, "To jaw-jaw is always better than...
...Nunziata, whose signature-probably forged-was on the form with which 24 lbs. were signed out. Nunziata died of gunshot wounds inflicted by his own revolver last March. The death was labeled a suicide, but that verdict was challenged by Nunziata's widow Anna and her attorney, John Meglio, who said: "Joe wasn't the kind of man who would commit suicide." Indeed, mob sources have been saying that Nunziata's death was a "hit," ordered by the Gambinos because they feared the detective might talk about the heroin thefts...
...supposed to be in police possession. That, of course, will take weeks. Also, it is doubtful that a mere inventory will do much to get at the inside source of the thefts. One item the cops probably will not find is the clothing worn by Nunziata when he died. Meglio sought the garments as evidence in challenging the suicide ruling, but they turned out to be missing from the property room...
...their effort to win respectability, they have generally proved honest and efficient. Still, the party cannot hope to win 51% of the national vote unless some catastrophe strikes Italy, and the Communists claim they do not want that to happen. They have abandoned their old slogan, "Tanto peggio, tanto meglio" (The worse it is, the better it is for us), and often cooperate to help pass important bills (or at least refrain from sabotaging them). Deputy-Secretary Enrico Berlinguer, 48, Longo's designated successor, hopes to make the Communist Party the nucleus of a "new majority" of the left...
...Jeffrey Blum and Lorraine James, of the play-without-the-play, the production seemed to slow down irreparably midway through. But Dean Ahmed, directing, manages to frame an unexpected climax to end the play on a note of crotchety sarcasm. The vivid costumes and masks were designed by Ellie Meglio...
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