Word: rossi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...North American mentality to grasp. This observer had a swift introduction. On a sunny Monday afternoon early in July Italy's beloved Azzuri (a name derived from the team's uniforms) squared off against the World Cup tournament favorite--Brazil--in the quarterfinals. Propelled by striker Paolo Rossi's three goals, the underdog Italians through sheer tenacity somehow upset Brazil...
...accommodations lacked both of these appliances. But my open window overlooked the street, and after each Rossi goal the celebration that occured outside provided an unmistakable indication of what had happened...
...game seesawed lack and fourth. Italy scored, and then Brazil tied it. Italy scored again, and Brazil came back. Finally Rossi's third goal in the closing moments of the game settled the outcome...
...ensuing days press reports would play up the fact that a seventeen year-old Brazilian girl had slit her wrists in despair and that three elderly Brazilians liens had suffered heart attacks at the moment of Rossi's clincher. Soccer, it was duly noted, was a life-or-death matter in much of the world, especially in Latin American and Europe...
...preliminary budget proposals for next year, King had not allocated any increase in local aid. In the last two years, though, Cambridge's revenue from property taxes has dropped from $80 million to $68 million, Rossi said...