Word: subito
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...problem of dealing with the threat posed by the Red Brigades is a difficult one. Even though the brigatisti's war against Italian society goes back more than a decade, little is known about the young, shadowy terrorists who operate under the vague revolutionary motto "Vogliamo tutto e subito (We want everything and now)." Estimates of their strength range up to 500 hard-core recruits organized into small cells, or "columns...
...crisp pizzicato, he says: "I want hear champagne corks popping." For a soft passage: "Before the sound is coming, smell some bee-oo-tee-fool flowers." For a lyrical passage: "You don't say 'I LOFF YOU!' You whisper [cuddling an imaginary violin] 'I LOFF YOU.' " For a subito forte (to play suddenly loud): "Imagine you with your girl friend. Suddenly your wife come into room. That is subito forte...
...Tyson to 100-plus in television's Miss Jane Pittman. "Slightly dippy about gorillas," admits Baker, he began making great ape costumes as a kind of hobby long before he signed on to create Kong's face and form for De Laurentiis. Baker was pressed into service subito when Dino's son Federico, 21, who has screen credit as executive producer, advertised in the Hollywood trade papers for "a tall, well-built black man" to play the monkey. The ad infuriated civil rights groups and created the film's major publicity gaffe. At that point, Baker...