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...Ghiberti's "Doors of Paradise," the famed bronze reliefs on the doors of the Baptistery near the Duomo. It wrecked the priceless 13th century crucifix by Cimabue in the Museum of Santa Croce. In the basements and other galleries of the Uffizi, 1,200 paintings were spattered with mud and grease...
When it was over, makers of fleur-de-lis leather dried their soaked goods on the riverbanks, jewelers dug with their hands through tons of mud looking for their wares. In his wrecked work shop, Fashion Designer Emilio Pucci, who said his loss may reach $1,000,000, shrugged, "I personally will begin again"; but he noted sadly that many of Florence's artisans could never recover without outside aid. Meanwhile, Italian helicopters flew"800 missions a day to supply badly needed water and food. In Florence and its outskirts, Italian troops destroyed the carcasses of some...
Grim Days Ahead. Florentines attacked the government for delays in relief. "How is it possible to move this mass of liquid and mud with shovels?" complained Mayor Piero Bargellini. "We need earth movers, bulldozers, trucks." In the Italian Parliament, Premier Aldo Moro was jeered-mostly trom the Communist benches-when he rose to speak. The government appropriated $320 million for emergency aid, raising the gasoline tax 6.4? per gallon...
Several similar experiences convinced Opler that he'd better quit digging in the mud and find some connections. A few days after he discovered a family friend in the NBC hierarchy, Frank Music Affiliates discovered him and contracted for 26 of his songs...
...Neither mud, nor Brown, nor dozens of penalties, could stop the Harvard freshmen yesterday, as they mercilessly stomped on Brown 56-14. The eight Crimson touchdowns were more than the team had scored in the first four games put together...