Word: sforza
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...proud city-states of Italy, none was more arrogant or belligerent than Milan, the rich capital of Lombardy. The names of its militant warlords, the Visconti and the Sforza, sent chills down the spine of Italy. But in art, Milan has always been looked down upon as a poor cousin by such sophisticated citadels as Venice and Florence. Even today most tourists take a look at the towered Duomo (second largest cathedral in Italy), seek out the faded mural remains of The Last Supper (painted by an imported Florentine, Leonardo da Vinci) at Santa Maria delle Grazie, and hurry...
...months ago, because Martino is firmly opposed to clerical influence in public schools. But Martino concentrated on the noncontroversial job of refurbishing Italy's run-down public-school system, became one of the Scelba Cabinet's brightest stars. The first Italian Foreign Minister since the late Carlo Sforza who can carry on a conversation in English (passably), French (pretty well) or Spanish (fluently), Martino is a sturdy supporter of the Western Alliance, a "good European" who believes that the defeat of EDC was one of the great misfortunes of recent history; he can be depended on to support...
...nubile 13 she was married to Giovanni Sforza, of the powerful Milanese Sforzas. But for her father, this was just the beginning. Four years later he forced Giovanni to an annulment on the pretext (scandalously false) that the marriage had never been consummated. Soon Lucrezia was sent higher up the political scale by marriage to the bastard son of the powerful King of Naples. This one lasted two years. Then Cesare had the fellow murdered, and husband No. 3 was found for Lucrezia : Alfonso d'Este, son of the even more powerful Duke of Ferrara...
...less an intellectual than the late Carlo Sforza yielded this testimonial after treatment for phlebitis: "D'Angelo has proved to me that there are greater forces in the world than we think." Said the Pope's personal physician, Dr. Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi: "I am struck by his power...