Word: togliatti
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...1970s and 1980s, a period marked by labor unrest and terrorism. That's one reason Agnelli transferred manufacturing abroad to places like the Soviet Union, Brazil and Turkey, where labor was cheaper and the industrial scene less chaotic than at home. One of those investments, the huge Togliatti plant opened behind the iron curtain in 1970, produced more critics than money, but Agnelli saw a bigger picture: "What we like best of all ... is that a very large number of cars rolling in Russia are Fiats." Even more controversially, Agnelli also later sold almost 10% of Fiat to Libya...
...Atlanta. He worked in the entertainment industry for more than 30 years, starring in TV's Different Strokes and the movie In the Heat of the Night. DIED. ALESSANDRO NATTA,83, Italian Communist Party leader for nearly 40 years; in Imperia. A longtime ally of historic party leader Palmiro Togliatti, Natta unsuccessfully opposed changing the party's name when the Soviet Union collapsed. RESIGNED. DOUGLAS ("PETE") PETERSON, 65, United States ambassador to Vietnam, fueling speculation that he plans to run for Florida Governor against Jeb Bush; in Hanoi. Peterson engineered a U.S.- Vietnam trade deal, which is awaiting the Bush...