Word: rocchi
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...born prematurely just five days before the quake. She had been trapped in her incubator. In Balvano, 90-year-old Donata Zarillo was rescued after spending 30 hours trapped in the wreckage of her kitchen. "We heard her beating a piece of wood against the wall," explained Fireman Giancarlo Rocchi...
...York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller lived up to his reputation as the Republican Party's most dedicated back patter: enjoying himself hugely. Rocky slapped a slew of G.O.P. shoulder blades, even slung an affectionate arm around a handsome new bust of himself (by Italian Sculptor Gualberto Rocchi...
...Later, I went up to the waterfront to look for Rocchi (the anticlerical artisan who repaired the clock). I didn't want to arouse suspicion by asking, so I had some difficulty in locating his shop. Finally, on the fourth approach, there was Rocchi, working away. Near him was a thin man who I thought from the description I had might be one of the councilors, and then I overheard a conversation which was music to my ears. Said Rocchi: 'I wasn't going to do it for a priest. You should have heard...
...Then they all congratulated Rocchi, who modestly said: 'The wonderful thing is that this morning it was only half a minute late-you know, it's the first few days.' Then they dispersed...
...came back a little later to see if I could pick up anything else. Rocchi was talking to someone else about the clock's face, which he said had been supplied free by a nearby glass factory. But I already knew that from the minutes; so I decided there was not much more for me. I returned to Rome with an appointment to meet the secretary again two nights hence and with what I believed a corking good story in my pocket...