Word: signore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Signor Alberto de Stefani, Minister of Finance, called upon Premier Benito Mussolini, to whom he said, in effect: "Certain people in the Party have criticized me for balancing the State budget at the expense of municipal finance. In vain have I defended myself; and in order to silence these hostile voices, I offer you my resignation." With expressions of regret the Premier accepted the Finance Minister's resignation...
...Signor Benito Mussolini, Premier of Italy, left Rome secretly. None knew whither nor for what purpose. To make the mystery more profound, Parliament was in session and the presence of the Premier in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies was highly desirable...
...words of welcome by Baron Sardi, Vice President of the Society, Mr. Lament rose to speak. He paid the necessary compliments to those present, to the Premier, the Government, Ambassadors de Martino and Fletcher and ex-Ambassador Prince Caetani; then turned his attention to Italian finances, called Signor de Stefani's balanced budget "a wonderful feat." "I note, too," he said, "Italy's material advance in industry. I see no signs of public unrest or clamor. On the contrary, tranquillity everywhere prevails...
Premier Benito Mussolini stepped on his Finance Minister's toes when he unlocked the deadlock on the Bourse occasioned by Finance Minister De Stefani's decree against speculation. This immediately led to rumors of Signor De Stefani's resignation and it was presumed certain that the Premier would have to reshuffle his Cabinet before the next Parliamentary session; for, having virtually forced General di Giorgio, Minister of War, to resign (TIME, Apr. 13), and having accepted the resignation of the Under Secretary of War, it was conceded impossible for the Premier to sustain the loss...
...Mayor of Tolmezzo, a village in the north, decided to place a commemoration tablet on the wall of a school at which Signor Mussolini taught some eighteen years ago. The Mayor was somewhat damped, surprised and pained to receive a telegram from the Premier...