Word: tyrant
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...only by the clank of the leper's warning clapper and Francis' sobs as he throws himself on the ground; zealous Friar Juniper cutting off a little pig's foot to make soup for a sick brother; Friar Juniper's selflessness triumphing over the bloody tyrant Nicolaio, and causing him to lift his siege of the city of Viterbo in a sequence filled with fire and spectacle. The picture ends with Francis and his disciples going forth separately into the world to preach peace-to Siena, Florence, Arezzo, Pisa and Spoleto...
Except for Aldo Fabrizi, who gives a striking performance as the fiercely mustachioed tyrant, the cast consists entirely of amateurs. Francis and his fellow friars are played by Franciscan monks of the Nocere Inferiore Monastery, who take naturally to Rossellini's direction. Bounding barefoot through the fields in their tattered tunics, they bring a gentle artlessness and a shining simplicity to their roles...
...while. What started it all was commonplace enough for an Italian city state of those Machiavellian times. The Grand Prince's political emissary, one Fra Agostino. had been stabbed to death, and in the Prince's own garden. The Prince, a handsome, subtle and benevolent tyrant, not only wanted to know who had done it but he wanted to know within three days...
...presents itself: limited tenure for city managers. The proper time limit is, of course, problemmatical. It must be of sufficient duration to allow a manager enough time to gain experience and put it to use, and yet it must be short enough to prevent him from becoming a petty tyrant. We suggest ten years would satisfy both requirements...
...King Coal is the economic tyrant of Europe. On both sides of the Iron Curtain, he chills the poor, rocks governments, distorts economies and hampers rearmament. In the West he threatens to undo much of the good done by the Marshall Plan; in the East he blocks Communist Five-Year plans...