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...wonder if you really mean to imply that the belief in the efficacy of public opinion as an aid to law enforcement is the same as relying "upon the efficacy of a species of faith healing". That seems to be your meaning in your editorial "In Vino Controversiae...
...mild equability, as if a saucepan in their stomachs were softly frothing over. But well-nigh perfect was Anthony Chieco. He was fat. He was serene. "What do you feed him on?" doctors asked the mother. "Spaghetti," shrugged enormous Mrs. Chieco. "He eats moocha spaghetti, and he drinks da vino- wine. Madre di Dio, he drinks it, oouf! like ees water...
THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED ? Sandinavian virginity, slum bred, thrust into Italian vino-culture, and the upshot?brilliant acting...
Dark and stubby as a bottle of vino pastoso is Gallo. When he came to the U. S. from Italy, he worked in Manhattan, solaced his leisure tooting in a small brass band. Evening after evening the bandsmen practiced, their cheeks became sturdy to expel much wind, their fingers nimble to run upon the stops. "We will go on tour," they said. Gallo booked the tour. The band reached California. There, stranded on the golden shore had flopped an Italian opera company. Creditors were calling for the scenery, waiting at the stage door for the piano. Gallo took charge, christened...
...group of local Fascisti, sipping their vino pastoso at a local osteria, espied the odious emblem of sedition. With loud and patriotic cries, they rushed upon the vehicle, tore up the flag, abused the passengers...