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Zac
Read more: ZacBenigno Zaccagnini was among the founders of the Democrazia Cristiana, the Italian Christian Democracy party In 1975, a reedy pediatrician with Honest Abe looks and a simple demeanor became chairman of Italy’s Christian Democratic Party. News agencies often called Benigno Zaccagnini “Mr. Clean” in an overeager effort to make Italian…
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A long bad day
Read more: A long bad dayWhat next? “Yet for all of its general unhappiness, the electorate does not seem to be offering any clear guidance for Mr. Obama and the incoming Congress — whoever controls it — on the big issues.” — The New York Times, Oct. 27, 2010 As never before, the American public responds…
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Avvelenatori
Read more: AvvelenatoriMontanelli in Milan’s “Corriere della Sera” building, mid-1950s. In early autumn 1977 I traveled to Milan to interview Indro Montanelli, the historian and journalist who at the time edited the conservative newspaper, “Il Giornale,” known at the start as “Il Giornale Nuovo,” the “new paper.” Several months before my trip,…
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Bards in a box
Read more: Bards in a boxMedia: Peter Finch as mad newscaster Howard Beale. The crosshairs of partisan artillery changes over decades. In Italy, union rallies, party conferences, student protests and terrorism thrived in the streets. Disputes and dissent earned their political chevrons based on physical clout. Thirty years ago, Red Brigades terrorists murdered Corriere della Sera journalist…
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No más
Read more: No másYou couldn’t have scripted it better… From a damp dungeon come unearthed Chilean miners. Some thank God. Others prepare to cash in. What is somewhat less than a miracle is called a miracle. Naturally, everyone watches. “You could not write a script any better than this, could you?” an American…
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China
Read more: ChinaIt’s still easy to slap China… The outcome of Norway’s annual milk bone-fest has temporarily enraged a rather large and formidable dog, China. Beijing had it coming. By warning the Nobel Peace Prize committee against honoring imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo it all but handed him the honor. Armchair intellectuals rarely…
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