Word: pettiness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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M.S.I.'s troubles started when its members' carefully nurtured public image as doppio-petti, or "double-breasted" (respectable), rightists, became fused with that of the delinquent bom-bardleri-Fascist bomb throwers. A recent wave of violence and terrorism perpetrated by the bomb throwers has so enraged many Italians that there are demands that M.S.I, be disbanded-an extraordinary step for a country that allows a wide spectrum of political activity...
...Sergeant Petti, a small man who was trying hard to grow a moustache, administered the intelligence test to most of the New Rochelle group. "This is a four-part test," he said in a monotone, reciting from memory words that the rest of us followed in our test books. "There are arithmetic questions, questions dealing with verbal skills, visual questions, and puzzle questions...
...Sergeant Petti looked at him and said in a tired voice, "I'm not threatening anyone. I've got 101 days left and I'm just trying...