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...below the surface things have been changing with increasing rapidity, as the overall trend to the left and the growing rift between left and right in these elections demonstrates. The DC-headed coalitions of the "centro-sinistra" (center-left)--including the Christian Democrats and one or more of the smaller parties (Socialist, Social Democratic, or Republican)--have shown themselves increasingly unable to cope with Italy's economic problems over the past few years. The rapid post-war industrialization of the country and the accompanying rise in the standard of living seem, in retrospect, to have peaked in 1969. Since then...
...1950s, Nenni himself finally draws away from the Communists. He helps prepare the way for the famous apertura a sinistra, the Christian Democrats' opening to the left in which, by 1963, they once more admit the Socialists into the government...
Instant Replay. The latest crisis is rooted in the 1963 decision by the Italian Socialist party to break its postwar alliance with the Communists and join the Christian Democrats in a centerleft coalition, the much-discussed apertura a sinistra, or opening to the left. In the Socialists' opinion, the opening never came, because the government proved to be more center than left. The Socialists 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...
...setback came as a stunning blow to the Reds. Moro's men were quick to boast that the outcome proved the worth of the Centra Sinistra, the ruling center-left coalition created largely for the purpose of isolating the Commu nists. It also reflected the absence of an effective successor to the late Communist Party boss Palmiro Togliatti, Italy's growing affluence, and the increasing moderation of Italian voters...
There are a couple of new offerings. Maureen O'Hara's daughter Quinn is Rathbone's daughter Sinistra; Deborah Walley is Kirk's semifrigid girlfriend; and one Aron Kincaid does a "new" Hollywood type--the dumb blond beachboy...