Word: qualitiesâ
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...Royal Commissioner (dictator) of the opera. Under the supervision of Benito Mussolini, he was empowered to select a new director. He picked Signorina Colombo. The Press raged. People held mass-meetings. A woman? It was unthinkable. But someone sagely pointed out that Miss Colombo's most useful qualities???energy, firmness, business sense?seemed to be Teutonic in origin, were not likely to be imitated by Italian ladies. This mollified a few critics...
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