Word: rossi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Thomas L. Rossi...
...with Cambridge unable to complete the on going property revaluation that would allow the city to maintain revenues while cutting taxes to Prop 21/2 levels. Cambridge probably would spread its required 15 percent property tax cut over two years, Richard C. Rossi, deputy city manager, said last week. He added that the change would only give the city more time to handle the tax cut, without changing the actual intent of Prop 21/2...
Three days later Italy disposed of Poland in the semifinal. Once again, the superhuman Rossi, who by now had become an instant celebrity, provided all the firepower the Azzuri needed. He notched both goals en route to a 2-0 Italian victory...
...first half neither team scored. At one point Italy missed on a penalty kick. A silence which should have been incapable of thirty people in a room that size ensued for several minutes afterwards. Three goals for the Italians--the middle one by Rossi--in the second half converted the silence to bedlam. Final score: Italy 3, Germany...
...Rossi became a national superhero Endorsement offers flowed in and a leading manufacturer granted him a lifetime supply of shoes. For Italy's leading scorer the irony was particularly striking. Just six months before he had been a national embarassment banned from organized soccer for collaborating with gamblers to fix games. Now he was worshipped...