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...poor government clerk, Togliatti now was building himself a villa among the rich near fashionable Porto Santo Stefano, and-politically-continued his do-gooder tactics. If filling-station attendants were underpaid, if a bridge fell down, if water was cut off from Rome, it was the Communists who led the protest. Faced with a milk shortage, Togliatti could be heard to say earnestly: "For a whole week now, there has not been enough milk in the cafes to make a cappuccino. That is terrible." He kept insisting that he had no intention of imposing Communism on Italy, that he only...
Last week the sounds in the night came from real gunfire as angry mobs swept through the former French West Africa colony, located between Togo and Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea. In Cotonou, the capital, and nearby Porto-Novo, the ragged crowds carried black-draped coffins and chanted war songs as they ransacked government offices, burned cars, hauled down the green, yellow and red national flag from public buildings, and demanded Maga's ouster. Bariba tribesmen from Maga's native northern region leaped into the fray in his defense and killed two demonstrators with bows and arrows...
...Porto et Poires. Renowned in Washington not only for her looks and her style, but for her abilities as a hostess, Madame Alphand turned out a dinner that had Francophiles kissing their finger tips in joy. It was, in short, les works: a delicate jole gras from Landes, a filet de boeuf Charolais sous la cendre garni renaissance, accompanied by a profound Chateau Gruaud-Larose en magnum 1952; an unassuming little hearts-of-lettuce salad with mimosa dressing. And for a windup, poires Mona Lisa-poached pears, swaddled in hot chocolate sauce, bundled into a pastry shell-trailed...
With the Murchison brothers of Texas and others, he is building a 2,000-acre island-city off St. Petersburg, a dazzling tropical paradise connected by causeway with the mainland. He is also investing in a $4,500,000 "yachtel" called Porto-O-Call. Its restaurant will seat 1,300 people -but most of them will be up dancing to the music of Guy Lombardo...
...studied law at Porto Alegre Uni versity, where his stocky (5 ft. 7 in., 175 Ibs.) good looks won him a Ro meo's reputation. At the same time he built his own cattle ranch to fat prosperity...