Word: italianized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...past two years, the free world's picture of Italian Premier Alcide de Gasperi has changed. The man who seemed at first a diligent but colorless politician has been disclosed as an anti-Communist statesman of impressive stature and strength. But as he succeeded in his fight against the Reds, and the Communist threat in Italy declined, the unity of his followers began to weaken...
Labor M.P.s scurried around getting signatures to a note of apology disassociating themselves from Churchill's "insulting reference," sent it off to Italian Premier Alcide de Gasperi. Churchill apologized, too. Said he in a public statement: "I am sorry if any remark of mine . . . should seem to imply disrespect to the Italian people." Shortly after, Churchill developed a localized staphylococcal infection (boils), was ordered to rest by his doctor...
Pietro Nenni, leader of those Italian Socialists who follow the Communist line sounded the main theme: condemnation of the U.N. He said that it was "an instrument of the power politics, provocativeness and aggressiveness of the US" and called the U.N. resolution naming China an aggressor in Korea "slanderous" and "scandalous...
Against the day of revolt, Italy's Communists have piled up a vast store of arms, but it is disappearing fast. Backed by a law banning private possession of arms (maximum penalty: ten years' imprisonment), Italian police and carabinieri began ferreting out the Red arsenals in 1947. They relied on detective work and tipsters, hunted with police dogs trained to spot the scent of the grease that is used in preserving guns. They found what they were looking for in walled-up cellars, under haystacks and manure piles, in football stadiums, cemeteries and abandoned churches...
...keep him busy. A prolific poet (ten volumes published), he also writes mystery thrillers ( The Beast Must Die, Minute for Murder) under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. He is translating the Aeneid for the BBC's Third Program, will shortly publish a long travel poem, Italian Visit...