Word: pietro
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will be one from outside, one who knows the ways of the world and can read newspapers, as he does." Sadly aware of their own drawbacks, the rustic daughters of Roghudi could only sigh, and some among them hope that a day would come when handsome, dark-eyed Mayor Pietro Nucera might forget himself and take them by violence. In the harsh code of justice on the slopes of Aspromonte, the Harsh Mountains in the toe of Italy's boot, the act of rape is often the precursor of enforced marriage, and the young mayor with his flashing...
...read and write, the dashing romantic was unable to speak a word. Desperate, he raced off to the town of Reggio Calabria to ask the advice of some more experienced guappi. "Appeal to her feminine curiosity," they suggested, and told him a few tricks of the trade. After that, Pietro, in the company of two friends, took up a stand opposite Francesca's door, puffing cigarettes in an urbane manner, blowing skilled smoke rings and spearing the rings with agile fingers, hoping to attract the lady...
...prosecution had more than enough other witnesses to compensate for his total lack of recall. Partisan Leader Pietro Terzi, commander of the men who captured the treasure, laughed nervously as he testified: "We decided to hand the treasure to the Communist Party because the Communists had fought harder than anyone else." An ex-driver for the partisans told of loading five heavy suitcases aboard a Fiat, taking them to Como and delivering them to Gorreri. "They weighed plenty," said the driver. "The car was overloaded and the wheels scraped against the fenders." Snapped Gorreri: "I never saw you before...
...Vice Premier Giuseppe Saragat, who controls a pivotal 19 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, found himself losing control of his Social Democratic Party to young firebrands who wanted the Social Democrats to pull out of the government and rejoin the Red-tainted Socialist Party of Stalin Prizewinner Pietro Nenni...
Britain's art circles, as well as common folk beyond the esthetic perimeters, were stewing and snarling about a 6-ft. portrait of Prince Philip, the work of Italy's able Pietro Annigoni and the most debated sensation of the Royal Academy's new exhibition. Cried the London Daily Mall's critic: "If he really is like that, I shouldn't like to meet him in the dark." Rasped the Daily Mirror: "A very good pavement artist's job." "I wonder what the Queen thinks of [it]," mused the Star's observer...