Word: francesco
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pope stood immobile for an instant. Then he collapsed backward into the arms of his personal secretary, Monsignor Stanislaw Dziwisz. The Pope looked at his hands, one of which was bloodied. Bright red blood began to spurt from his abdomen onto his gleaming white cassock. Francesco Passanisi, inspector general of the Vatican police, who had been following close behind the campagnola, leaped aboard and ordered the driver to "move back and forth," presenting a blurred target for any further shots. Recalled Passanisi later: "As I was supporting the Pope, he was saying 'Thank you, thank...
...Monsignor Dziwisz, receive brief visits from some Vatican prelates and speak to his doctors. Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri, the Dean of the College of Cardinals and one of John Paul's visitors, reported that the Pope has "no resentment in him, but complete forgiveness toward" his would-be killer. Francesco Crucitti, a surgeon at the Gemelli hospital, said he had asked the Pontiff whether his pain had diminished. John Paul had replied: "I am hoping...
...beauty biz, asked to describe her, flex themselves and back up a little for running room in order to reach suitable heights of hyperbole. Says Brian Burdine, catalogue coordinator for Bloomingdale's: "There is only one supreme, reigning top beauty, and that is Brooke Shields." Photographer Francesco Scavullo, who has been shooting Brooke since before her first birthday, says that she "was just born beautiful, she stays beautiful, and she gets more beautiful every month." Way Bandy, perhaps the top makeup man in the fashion dodge, is reminded of Elizabeth Taylor. "They don't look alike...
...constantly being rediscovered or reinterpreted, and, unlike plays, many of which are forgotten after their first production, operas have the gift of eternal life. Within the past 20 years, for example, there has been something of a revival of the works of Monteverdi's little-known successor, Francesco Cavalli...
...Finance Minister Francesco Reviglio promised the formation of a parliamentary commission of inquiry last week, he conceded that eventually as many as 2,000 people might become embroiled in the scandal...