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Deputy Federzoni declared that the destiny of Italy was inseparable from the glory and prestige of the House of Savoy. (Cries of Viva Savoia...
...candles, many of which were encased in saucer-shaped lanterns, giving the impression of a blazing building. It took 300 men a fortnight to prepare the pyro display. Many thousands of frantic people cheered in polyglot tongue: "Long live the Pope!" "Vivet la Sainte Thérèse!" "Viva la Chiesa Romana...
...hold him up to his modern language requirement. The final examinations, most of three hours, on English political history, English constitutional history, a period of general history since 285, political science, economic history, and a minute special field, such as the Age of Hildebrand. There is also a viva voce examination held in public before a board of examiners. In addition to these university examinations almost all colleges have their own examinations, or "collections", at fairly frequent intervals, designed to keep their undergraduates to the mark or to serve as dress rehearsals for the final examinations...
...Madrid, two days later, a cinema proprietor was imprudent enough to show a film based on one of Ibanez's novels. As the title flashed onto the screen, the audience hissed and booed, shouted long and hoarsely Viva el Rey; then, they insisted upon the national anthem being played; and, as the martial chords were let loose from the orchestra, the people sang almost passionately the Marcha Real...
...Viva, viva, magnanimo el Rey Alfonso...