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Word: rocchi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...committee was formed for the administration of the remaining funds. It was called "The Clock Committee." It discovered that there was only one man who could fix the clock at a reasonable price-a Fiumicinian who worked wonders with all machinery, by the name of Giordano Bruno Rocchi. But he was a violent anticlerical who would not do any work for the "priest-ridden Clock Committee." So the leftists formed their own "Citizens' Committee" for repairing the clock, and one dark stormy night, they spirited the clock's works to Rocchi's tiny hole of a shop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: A Clock for Fiumicino | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

...time came when Rocchi needed money to buy vital parts. The Citizens' Committee sent a letter. "Most Reverend Father, it is with regret that we notice that you have accomplished nothing with regard to the clock. . . . Please hand over the funds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: A Clock for Fiumicino | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

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