Word: piperno
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dentists could dismiss this problem if all their patients were as stoical as one of Dr. Arrigo Piperno's. Dr. Piperno, who plays the violin and has four clinics in Rome, was graduated from Chicago Dental College 25 years ago. Last week, trim and handsome, his iron-gray mustache carefully waxed, he was back in Chicago to tell old & new friends about his No. 1 patient for the past eight years, Benito Mussolini...
When these words of Dr. Piperno's come to his ears- "Questo si fara soffrire un poco" (This is going to hurt a little)- Il Duce does not groan and stiffen his limbs. Instead he merely growls, "Non temo il dolore" (I do not fear pain...
Mussolini's teeth, all his own, are strong and healthy. To keep them so he sees his dentist every month or two. Said Dr. Piperno last week: "I call ... at eight o'clock in the morning, just after he has had his half-hour at riding or fencing. He often brings with him something to read while I am attending him. He cannot endure a moment of idleness. I say very little to him for I do not wish to disturb his thoughts. In fact, it is a very serious half-hour I spend with His Excellency...
Market. Although the stockmarket closed weak on the day of the failure, it began the next day with an exuberant show of strength, heightened by short covering. It remained strong even on the following day when the insolvency of a small Curb house. Piperno & Co., was announced, and trading in Rainbow Luminous Products suspended. Although few persons expected the pace to continue, or even thought there would not soon be another recession, sentiment was considerably improved. Among opinions expressed, notable was that of George McClelland Reynolds, 65, chairman of Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co., most potent of Chicago bankers. Said...
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