Word: romani
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...studies have shown that the rate of violent and sexual crimes is lower among gypsies than among the German population as a whole, they remain marked as dangerous people, as well as chronic pickpockets and con men. Tellingly, the German name for gypsy, Zigeuner, literally means "wandering swindler." Complains Romani Rose, a German gypsy activist: "If a sandwich is missing in the schoolroom, a gypsy child gets blamed...
Harvard created the de Bosis lectureship in the 1930s to provide financial support for exiles of the then fascist Italian regime, Romani Prodi, an economics professor from the University of Bologna, said yesterday...