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Word: petroselli (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Karl Marx were to visit Italy's capital of Rome, he would be undone by what the Romans do under a Communist administration. Communist Mayor Luigi Petroselli, 47, and his Communist predecessor have pushed forward a slum clearance program that has won only the enmity of the city's poor. Instead of being grateful, families that were moved into new apartment buildings in Rome from shantytowns outside the capital complained that they had to pay city taxes and electric bills. Formerly, the shantytown dwellers had obtained free electricity by tapping power lines. They also complained that apartment living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Communism with a Long Face | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

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