Word: procacci
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...later a rejuvenated Princeton offense ripped the porous Quaker defense through and through last Saturday 42-?. The Quaker offense has ground to a halt. It's defense is practically nonexistent when it must encounter any squad with a formidable ground game. And it lost a third quarterback, sophomore Phil Procacci with a broken jaw in the Lehigh game...
...obstacle which Penn must overcome if it is to heat Princeton is an injury problem. Phil Procacci, the Quaker's third quarterback who filled in after the first two were injured, is out of the lineup indefinitely with a broken jaw. There is a possibility, however, that second-stringer Mike Hickok will return to play. There are a score of other injuries...
...Procacci, superintendent of the city's museums, the loss of the Cimabue was the major single catastrophe. "One of the hinges of Italian art," he said. "The work that opened the way for Giotto." But, says Procacci, "Not one percent of Florentine art was lost...
Though the loss in Florentine art was incalculable, Superintendent of Galleries Ugo Procacci gave assurance that "the Florence of the 15th century has withstood the fury of the elements and will be saved." The Italian economy was not so fortunate. Premier Moro said that the disaster had wiped out the nation's recent economic gains and warned Italians to be ready for "austerity and sacrifice...
...masons chipped away, the golden rays of the halo surrounding the head of the announcing angel were slowly revealed. Giotto's frescoes, hidden from sight for over 300 years, had been found. "Our expectations were enormous," he remembers. But the rays heralded a false dawn. Says Procacci: "When we saw that the face of the angel was missing, it broke our hearts." Procacci is convinced that the face of Mary in the Annunciation fresco that Vasari so admired was similarly cut out before the wall was covered in the 17th century...