Word: piero
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...boards and committees and his firm belief in public responsibility. He understood the difference between being a public man and settling for mere celebrity. But the third was, quite simply, his ability to communicate his enthusiasm freshly and directly. At his best, as in his texts on Leonardo and Piero della Francesca, and parts of The Nude and Looking at Pictures, he had a lovely, supple prose style, short on ornament and full of sense, that guided the neophyte to the heart of the work...
While the exodus from campus has already begun, students, remaining on campus yesterday said high airfares and heavy workheads prompted them to spend Thanksgiving at Harvard. "I have to work, and if I went home, I would spend all my time with friends," said Piero Satriano...
...Lewis defended Reagan, claiming that the president has "moderated his tones over the last year--he is more realistic and rational." When asked by Piero Benetazzo of La Republica, an Italian newspaper, whether U.S. foreign policy could be "more consistent and more consensus-oriented," Lewis said, "Our system has a certain amount of in-coherence and I see nothing that can be done to change that fact...
...that made the 1979 NATO decision possible by offering its territory to fulfill Chancellor Schmidt's demand that at least one other Continental NATO member volunteer to take the U.S. missiles. "We don't have a problem of neutrality in Italy," explains Piero Bassetti, a leading member of the dominant Christian Democratic Party. "We are a weak nation. We have to stay with the Americans, even when they make mistakes...
...This is a place much better than anyone could have imagined. People are so open, so friendly and helpful," Piero Benetazzo, a correspondent for La Repubblica, an Italian newspaper, said...