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Word: rocca (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Marino is the world's oldest (1,648 years), smallest (38 sq. mi.) and least populous (12,000) republic. For the past four years it has also been the only Communist-dominated state west of the Iron Curtain. Surrounded by Italy, San Marino's fortress, La Rocca, overlooking the Adriatic, towers above the grey stone face of Mount Titano (145 miles north of Rome). By modern standards, La Rocca's massive, crumbling grey walls are not much of a bastion, but last week San Marino's Communists held the fort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAN MARINO: Long Beard v. Big Whiskers | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

...Spice has that long winded appeal. See Nai La Rocca for application details on stationery...

Author: By Jack Schindier, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 8/15/1944 | See Source »

...Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street-named after a famed street in New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz-is devoted to two kinds of music, traditional "Dixieland" and modern hot. Trumpeter Henry Levine, who succeeded Nick La Rocca in the fabulous Original Dixieland Jazz Band of two decades ago, handles the New Orleans tunes, with his mostly brass octet. Paul Laval, an Italo-Frenchman (born Joseph Usifer), plays clarinet and saxophone-his occasional saxophone work with the NBC Symphony has earned Toscanini's bravos-and leads the ten wood winds in his own hot arrangements. Guests have included...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chamber-Music Society | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

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