Word: piazzas
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...Coat to Shirtsleeves. All week the Socialists tried to prove that the Liberal fears were justified; in so doing, they showed the world another, little-known side of the Belgian temper. At times, stolid sensible Brussels seemed more like the "Red belt" of Paris or a riot-torn Italian piazza...
...wife's lover, then the lover was murdered, then grandpa came briskly back to life, then his wife fell down dead, then he married a gay widow. Written mostly in doggerel, Happy As Larry deals mostly with sex. There are also snatches of nice music, and Marguerite Piazza is fun as the widow. Actor Meredith would have more charm if he tried for less...
...first Moors Hall House Committee elections were announced last night. With 104 votes cast in the two day balloting, the following officers were chosen: president, Janot Stewart '50; vice-president, Nina Emerson '50; head proctor, Eleanor Larsen '50; social chairman, Mary Jean Hazzard '50; secretary-treasurer, Mariaune Piazza '50; librarian, Helen Clark '51; fire captain, Betty Bagby '52; freshman representative, Anne Reynolds...
...strode into the post office and coolly bumped off Postmaster Abate, oppressor of the poor. The peasants complained about the prices Giuseppe Terranova charged for flour, shoes and soap, and the interest he charged on loans. Giuliano decided to enforce price control; he led Terranova into Montelepre's piazza, read out a formal death sentence and shot...
...scores of other contests came off in style. The Big Balloon, an undersized young hawker in the piazza of San Cosimato, won 20,000 lira (about $35) for his exceptional fruit stand, which boasted 15 varieties of fruit and a trimming of laurel and myrtle leaves. Grazie Ceci, who is 90 years old and who shares three rooms in Bologna alley with 22 relatives and acquaintances, won a 1,000 lira prize as the oldest grandmother, announced she would spend a good part of it on wine...