Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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From time to time recently, Mrs. Meir has let intimates know that she would like to have the succession problem settled. Following her wishes-as they usually do-leaders of the party, including Foreign Minister Abba Eban, Deputy Premier Yigal Alton, Minister Without Portfolio Israel Galili, Party Secretary-General Arie...
To many a visiting businessman, it was the best thing Rome had to offer. As early as 7:30 in the morning he could dial a particular phone number and ask, "Can I come for a coffee?" The reply was usually, "Yes. We make it good and for all tastes...
The police uncovered this matinal merrymaking after they traced a 15-year-old runaway girl from Milan to the apartment of Giselda Giovannelli, 55, in the Monte Sacro (Sacred Mountain) suburb of Rome. Staking out the building, they watched scores of pretty young women and well-dressed men pass in...
Illusory Freedom. It was not the first time since 1958, when "houses of tolerance" (but not freelance prostitution) were made illegal, that so many supposedly upright girls were caught in similar positions. In 1962, a group of 30 to 40 college girls from "good families" were discovered selling themselves for...
At 5:40 one gray morning in Rome last week, Italy's Chamber of Deputies ended a tumultuous 19-hour session by approving legislation permitting civil divorce for the first time in more than 150 years. At 5:44 a.m., the first of a tide of telephone calls from...