Word: quirinale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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"I Am a Camera." Gronchi requested conservative Senate President Cesare Merzagora to search the political horizon for possible Cabinets. Through this device Gronchi could extend his Cabinet-building negotiations to influential politicians who do not happen to be heads of parties, ex-Presidents or ex-Premiers-the only people Italy...
Personality & Family: Short and stocky, he is 68 but looks younger, has greying blond hair and pale blue eyes behind heavy spectacles, is a lively conversationalist and good orator, with the fine Tuscan accent that is highly respected in Italy. To give his children a normal family life, he has...
As President: Succeeding the first President of the Italian Republic, old (81), mild Luigi Einaudi, who contented himself with cornerstone laying and self-effacement, Gronchi has attempted to build up the prestige and power of the presidency. He has stepped up pomp and circumstance of the Quirinal Palace itself, which...
But that day is not yet here. As required by custom, Premier Scelba journeyed to the Quirinal Palace to present his formal resignation to the new President. Scelba made it plain that he regarded his resignation as only "a personal expression of dutiful deference." Gronchi took the hint, and formally...
The 16th century Villa Aldobrandini, which looks down on Rome from the Quirinal Hill, was built in the period of Europe's Renaissance. Last week the Deputy Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Benelux met in its frescoed hall to map the way to a political renaissance: the...