Word: moro
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...everyone is pleased. In the Italian Parliament, rightwing Deputies asked Foreign Minister Aldo Moro deliberately provocative questions about the possible "surrender" of Zone B during Tito's trip. Moro replied: "The government will not take into consideration any renunciation of legitimate national interests." Tito, hypersensitive to separatist tendencies in Yugoslavia's six republics, was in fact under pressure to seek formal sovereignty over Zone...
...three weeks, Rumor struggled unsuccessfully to strike a compromise that would satisfy all parties. He failed. Aldo Moro and Amintore Fanfani, two former Premiers and the current contenders to succeed Saragat as President of Italy, also gave it a try. Finally, Saragat persuaded Rumor to try once more, and this time the Cabinetmaker succeeded. It was not that the other parties liked his proposals. It was just that they feared the alternative-a costly general election three years ahead of schedule...