Word: torpor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...marking out spaghetti as the first objective of his onslaught Futurist Marinetti, shrewd, sought to ally himself with the "dynamic urge" of the Fascist movement. "We must provide for the Italian people," he declared, "dishes which will make them dynamic! Spaghetti and all such foods induce torpor, pessimism and skepticism...