Word: quello
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...events in Fascism's twilight-Mussolini's ouster as Premier by his own Grand Council, and Italy's switch to the Allied side-ensured that il Duce would be remembered with a certain sympathy. Today Italians refer quite easily to Mussolini, not by name but as "quello" (that one) or "lui" (he), and the references are often flattering...
Wolf at the Door. In spite of his bitter news, Italy's Constituent Assembly cheered him when he addressed it in Italian, sprinkled with Broadwayese. When he reminded the Italians that UNRRA had poured into the country $450.000,000 of supplies ("quello non é paglia-that ain't hay"), the city of Rome gave him a silver replica of the she-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus. To an aide, La Guardia whispered: "Is this for keeps?" When the aide nodded yes, LaGuardia smiled, patted the she-wolf on the rump and said: "This beats anything we ever gave...