Word: duce
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...DUCE PREVAILS...
Motioning his chauffeur to a seat beside the wheel, Il Duce seized it himself, kicked open the cutout, vanished before news gatherers could ask whither...
Thus tenderly preserved by Il Duce from Latin lynching, Zaniboni had escaped extra-legal retribution up to last week, when General Prosecutor Crisafulli of Rome announced that he will be tried shortly, charged with "attempting a premeditated homicide upon Premier Mussolini which was averted by circumstances beyond the accused's control...
Further activities by II Duce resulted in the resuscitation of an edict of Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus (63 B. C. to 14 A. D.) requiring all Romans to keep buildings owned by them in presentable repair...
Roused by these wrathy words, the Japanese learned with satisfaction last week that Masanao Hanihara is likely soon to succeed Kentaro Ochiai as Japanese Ambassador to Italy. There his smile, his wit, his vigor may perhaps charm Il Duce. Concurrently Premier Wakatsuki reshuffled his Cabinet, appointed the following politicians to the offices named: Viscount K. Inouye, Railroads; C. Machida, Agriculture; M. Hamaguchi, Home Affairs...