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...face the firing squad with courage: "An officer is at all times merely on temporary duty; he is, as the Spaniards say . . . a bridegroom of death." Inspired by Delia Rovere, the prisoners face death bravely to hear his clipped "Jolly good show, sir." Only after death comes to Della Rovere is he unmasked as a thieving small-time card sharp, who cheated on everything but his country's honor...
...deface the architectural heritage in Venice [TIME, March 22], he surrenders to the principle which makes a city a museum piece and drains vitality from it ... Was the Palazzo Vendramini forbidden because, in style, it did not resemble the Ca d'Oro? Was the Church of Santa Maria della Salute forbidden because it did not resemble San Marco...
Certain artists of the 15th Century, especially Piero della Francesca, achieved perspectival conflicts which worked on the human consciousness and were very moving, Read said. But the trend towards architectonic representation of the external world forced a set of rules on the pure contents of the consciousness...
...been said that this newly formed government represents the last trench of democracy," said Milan's // Corriere della Sera. "This may be an exaggeration and much too pessimistic. But nevertheless it is true that this government represents a trench well worth defending...
...Italy's strongest newspapers came out next morning against any attempt to reform the government along Pella's lines. "No rightist solution is possible in the present situation," said Turin's La Stampa, which is owned by Fiat. Added Milan's respected Corriere della Sera: "The rank and file of the party, supported by a large percentage of the clergy and even the episcopate, have turned left ... at the same time that the Christian Democratic Party hierarchy has stood still...