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Word: shrug (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...smug and hopeful; but Florence, the earliest capital of the modern world, was merely relieved that the 19th Century was over. Italy's nationalist rebirth had indeed been glorious. Progress was everywhere; some Florentines thought that there was too much of it. With a sigh and a shrug Florence's Corriere Italiano saw the old century off: "Tomorrow a new year begins a new century we know nothing about. It does not matter. It is a new year. That is enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Half-Century: The View from 1900 | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

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