Word: sinistra
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pedestrians should have "kept to the left," by command of Prime Minister Benito Mussolini; but until last week the order was never enforced. A young or pretty transgressor would experience no more than a gallant pressure upon the arm from a policeman who murmured mellifluently, "Sinistra, Signora." Usually the pressure and the suggestion were ignored by willful females, stubborn males-until last week...
Suddenly and sharply policemen barked, "Sinistra, Signora!", "Sinistro, Signore!" Those who disobeyed were roughly collared and questioned: "Your name, Signora? Your age? You must answer, Signora! Your father's name? Your mother's maiden name...