Word: passionaria
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...While they lunched on rice and salami, the foundry's workmen sent them a note of welcome and a request for a talk. They agreed. Meanwhile, word of their presence had reached the ears of Maria Prampolini Bonfanti, a hatchet-faced, middle-aged Red partisan, known as La Passionaria di Ferrara.* At local party rallies, La Passionaria always gives orders when to clap and when to boo. Now she quickly sent small boys scurrying through Ferrara to round up the party's toughs...
Valdo and Aldo were still talking to the foundry workers when La Passionaria's gang, about 50 strong, marched into the courtyard chanting, "Get out of Italy, get out you traitors." Cucchi asked, "What do you want?" Someone in the mob shouted: "Let him have it boys...
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