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...wretchedest slum quarter of Partinico. a pinched little town near Palermo, a man lay starving last week. Friends dropped in to ask "Come va oggi [How are you today]?'' and the man would answer, smiling. "Bene, benissimo.' Over his cot a poster proclaimed: "The Dam Means Wealth, the Dam Means Progress, the Dam Means Confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sicily: Danilo's Dam | 9/21/1962 | See Source »

January 7. "I am the wretchedest of the wretched . . . Nobody will miss [Little Nell] like I shall ... Old wounds bleed afresh when I only think of the way of [killing her]; what the actual doing it will be, God knows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Holy Terror | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...July 2, 1921, U. S. sport fans witnessed a milestone in prizefight annals: the first million-dollar gate. Last week, on the 19th anniversary of that historic Dempsey-Carpentier battle, Jersey City was the scene of another heavyweight prize fight that will probably go down in history as the wretchedest of the post-Dempsey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Anything Goes | 7/15/1940 | See Source »

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