Word: tomba
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Gentleman." "You Communists!" retorted Christian Democratic Labor Leader Umberto Tomba. "You find your recruits only among criminals and loose women!" For the moment the Chamber sat in stunned silence. The silence was broken by the hurried clatter of feet; a Communist flying squad dashed toward the Christian Democratic benches...
...commanded by blue-jawed Walter Audisio, Communist executioner of Benito Mussolini (TIME, April 7, 1947). Audisio rushed up to Tomba, cried: "If you are a gentleman, come outside in the garden." Tomba declined, but the fracas became a free-for-all; even a Communist woman deputy, Laura Diaz (known to her admirers as the "Joan Crawford of Parliament"), joined in, whacking at bearded Christian Democrats. Contestants ripped out stenographers' desks, used them as clubs. Three deputies had to be treated for injuries. It was the worst riot in the loo-year history of Parliament...