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...Italian Communist Party remains formidable, but it is not likely that Togliatti's heirs will succeed where he failed. To the end, he insisted that he was a democrat and a parliamentarian, and over a glass of wine he seemed convincing. But what he truly was Italians call "possibilista"-one who does whatever is possible. And no matter how hard he had tried, the seizure of power in Italy had not been possible to Palmiro Togliatti...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: Doing What Is Possible | 8/28/1964 | See Source »

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