Word: pertini
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...worst terrorist attack in Western Europe since World War II, which authorities attribute to neo-Fascist extremists, demonstrably deepened public distrust of Italian officialdom. Outside the cathedral, a crowd of 200,000 jammed the Piazza Maggiore and made their feelings known. Popular President Alessandro Pertini received only token applause, while Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga and other political leaders were greeted with whistles and boos. Only seven of the victims' coffins were lined up before the main altar for the public Mass; most of the bereaved relatives had preferred to bury their dead privately as an act of protest against...
...modern days it would be politicians" instead of Christians who would be fed to the lions. That evening, the Carters dined at the Quirinale with President Pertini, Communist Party Chief Enrico Berlinguer and other top Italian politicians...
...Toasting Pertini with Ferrari spumante, Carter outlined his message to U.S. allies...
...Pertini at the 16th century Quirinale Palace, the President changed into jogging togs. He ran round and round the palace, through a vast garden of magnolia and palm trees. Next morning he met with Pertini in the Sala d'Ercole (Room of Hercules) and reported that he had run 10 km (six miles). Pertini, who is 83, amiably replied that he had just done 15 km on his exercise bicycle...
...Carter: "This represents a strategic challenge to the vital interests of the West, and the industrial democracies must face it together." He warned the allies against being tempted "into a false belief that somehow America or Europe can be an island of detente while aggression is carried out elsewhere." Pertini responded by urging the other nations of Western Europe to unite and "put aside our egoism and individual interests...