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Word: povero (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Though crime news is excluded, sensations are not. Thus a recent headline in L'Osservatore reads: Un bambino investito da un autocarro ("A little boy attacked [i. e. bumped] by an automobile"). Significant details were given. The car was un piccolo (a little one), the baby was un povero piccolo (a poor little one), and the cause of the accident was non bene accertate (not precisely known). Editor Count Dalla Torre weighs 186 Ibs. ; is blond, stocky, quick at gestures, intelligent but slow of mind. Of ancient Venetian lineage, he has been a practicing newspaper man nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Fleet Street Flayed | 2/10/1930 | See Source »

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