Word: sinistra
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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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...