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Ultimate Weapon. It took Rumor long enough to form the new government. After three unsuccessful attempts he resorted to what is known in Italian politics as The Ultimate Weapon: he threatened to advise President Giuseppe Saragat to call new elections. Few people hate the expense of campaigning more than Italians, and many of the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies are still paying off campaign debts from last year's national elections...
...Martino, a 62-year-old law professor who learned how to tack and test the winds as a yachtsman on the Bay of Naples. He sees to it that far-left factions slowly take control of the party machinery. This infuriates the ex-Social Democrats; their leader, Giuseppe Saragat, has been President of the Republic for four years and is presumably above politics. But others angrily threaten to bolt...
Once his Cabinet was sworn in by President Giuseppe Saragat at the Palazzo Quirinale last week, Rumor continued work on the policy statement that he will present to the Parliament. He will almost certainly reaffirm Italy's commitment to NATO, call for reform of university and school laws and press for increases in worker pensions. Rumor's skill in allotting posts across the coalition's entire range assures him of support from about 360 of the chamber's 630 deputies. All his agility as a compromiser may prove useless, however, unless he can quickly produce...
...Even major painters often helped each other on big commissions. Van Dyck and Jordaens worked side by side on the Rubens ceiling pieces for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp. The Jordaens show itself is also a major achievement in assemblage. Paintings were loaned by Queen Elizabeth, President Giuseppe Saragat of Italy, the Prado, and Rumania's Brukenthal Museum. Even Leningrad's Hermitage contributed...
...complained that the Christian Democrats never delivered on promised economic and social reforms. As a result, in May's general election, the Socialists lost one-quarter of their votes to the extreme left. The Communists gained 800,000 votes, while the Christian Democrats gained slightly. Even President Giuseppe Saragat expressed pique at the losses, and the party decided to quit the government. Saragat quickly wished he could have an instant replay of that decision. It became obvious that outside the government, the Socialists were going to lose all voice and influence on national policy -not to mention those comfortable...