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...bowler. Then he called in his blackshirted squadristi, who arrived by suburban train and were permitted to parade. Mussolini posted himself at their head for the benefit of photographers recording the event for history. "What a character," said Donna Rachele Mussolini, his faithful, dowdy wife, when told of these heroic events...
...Heroic Snafu. To smash Festung Ploesti, U.S. air planners came up with a novel plan : a daring low-level attack that completely violated the high-level strategic bombing canons of most top Air Forces brass. The planners reasoned that a rooftop raid would give the striking B-24 Liberators an element of surprise, limit the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe, and throw off the accuracy of flak gunners primed for high-level raiders. How they miscalculated is the core of Authors Dugan and Stewart's taut and gripping tale of a disastrous yet heroic snafu - pieced together from letters, diaries...
...full extent of the nation's economic ruin was never fully understood by the descamisados Perón left behind; all they knew was that their heroic Caudillo had been driven out. It was left to the interim military government of General Pedro Eugenio Aramburu to assess the damage-and to Arturo Frondizi, elected in 1958, to attempt some permanent repairs...
...devoted mother of five children whose youngest was lost off New Guinea at the same time that her 31-year marriage was going down the drain, Mary Rockefeller has borne her tremendous personal tragedies with heroic silence and fortitude. She is a towering figure of strength and stability beside whom the Governor is a pygmy...
...Etruscan aristocracy. At first Etruscan artisans borrowed heavily from the Phoenicians, who in turn had taken their art motifs-typically the sphinx-from ancient Egypt. The Phoenicians favored storytelling art, but the Etruscans shed narrative for simple beauty. The gold cup (see color) celebrates no victory, tells of no heroic deeds. Decorated only by intricate little sphinxes, the cup delights the eye with its untainted lines...