Word: duced
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...content with waging a ruthless "battle of wheat" (TIME, Oct. 24), Premier Benito Mussolini ordered a "national rice day" for Nov. 1. Apparently, on that day all good Italians must live like Chinese-on rice. For the edification of the spaghetti-eating populace, Il Duce explained that rice day was in reality a supporting attack in the "battle of wheat," which is being fought to make Italy a cereally self-sufficient country, by reducing the imports of that grain. Rice, he went on, can be raised in Italy on large tracts of land now available...
...Premier then distributed $100,000 in prizes for the best results in growing wheat. Farmers and humble peasants, abashed but proud, marched on to a raised platform and there were kissed on both cheeks by Il Duce amid the plaudits of the populace...
...baby received due publicity. Before he was many hours old, it had leaked out through indiscretions, "intentional or otherwise," that the baby's features are "exactly like those of his illustrious father," which was rightfully considered an impossible piece of propaganda, typical, said critics, of Il Duce's conceit...
King Vittorio Emanuele, hearing of the advent of a baby Duce, wired his "cousin"* his warm congratulations, as did Pope Pius through his Secretary of State, Cardinal Gasparri...
...Wired II Duce to Signer Morigi: "I send you my good wishes. Through your sacrifice the Fascist of Ravenna will become ever stronger...