Word: parching
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...Italy being jobless does not carry the same stigma as in Northern European countries steeped in the Protestant ethic. "Let's put it this way," Sociologist Ferrarotti explains. "An unemployed youth in this country is considered to be just waiting for his right chance. He is in parchéggio (in a parking lot). He is not on trial and alone, as he would...