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Word: taprooms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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Roberto Farinacci, whose speech still smacks of the taproom and the railway shop, became Secretary General of the Fascist Party. His single-track mind knew and knows only devotion to Mussolini and ruthless suppression of his enemies. Within a year he has drawn the discipline of Fascismo as tight as a drumhead. He has "governed by castor oil"?introduced into anti-Fascist throats while anti-Fascist noses were roughly tweaked by Farinacci's Selvaggi ("Savages"). He has earned the title "Right Fist of the Fascist Party." He has been denounced by Cardinal Gasparri as a "vulgar demagog." None...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Right Fist Falls | 4/12/1926 | See Source »

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