Word: mussolini
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...attractive by stuffing handkerchiefs in her bra. She called der Führer "the old gentleman," and it was not until three years after they met that they finally bedded down on the same red velvet sofa that Hitler used to receive Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Dictator Benito Mussolini. Said Eva once: "It's a good job they don't know what really took place on that sofa...
...escapes. Picasso and Einstein, says Fellini in a published exegesis of the film, are Augustes. Middle-class parents are Pierrots; their children Augustes. Hitler: a white clown. Mussolini: an Auguste. Freud: a white clown. Jung: an Auguste...
They are not allowed to call themselves Fascists, to praise Mussolini in their propaganda, or to sing the old anthem, Giovinezza, at their rallies. But 26 years after Il Duce was killed and strung up by his heels in public disgrace, the neo-Fascist Italian Social Movement (M.S.I.) has built a membership of 400,000 and is becoming a force to be reckoned with. As Italy plunges deeper and deeper into a turmoil of strikes and riots, many inspired by ultra-leftist forces, increasing numbers of people look to the party as a good place to cast their protest votes...
...total vote. Since the current wave of disturbances began in 1968, however, the M.S.I.'s stress on law-and-order has won it new respectability. Reinforcing that image is the party's leader, mild-mannered former journalist Giorgio Almirante, 55. A bona fide Fascist under Mussolini, whose picture hangs in the party's Rome headquarters, Almirante has prudently banned jackboots and black shirts for his followers. More in the mold of the old image of Fascist leaders is Retired General Giovanni de Lorenzo, former Army Chief of Staff. Now one of M.S.I.'s representatives in Parliament...
Whether dealing with Barzini on Mussolini or Orson Welles on films, Cavett lavishes upon his best guests a combination of warmth, informed intelligence and swift wit. His thought process is like a Grimes light on a patrol car, turning incessantly, flashing quips and telling comments on all manner of subject matter. When Joe Namath said that a nude scene in his latest movie had been done in very good taste, Cavett commented, "I'm sorry to hear that," then brightly switched to something more lighthearted: "Have you ever been offered a bribe?" He asked Actress Sally Kellerman...