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...Reds controlled one-third of Italy's 2,735 communes. In those perilous postwar years, De Gasperi was a genius at compromise. His Cabinet had Communists and right-wingers; seven times it fell, and seven times he patiently rebuilt another coalition. Not until May 1947 did he finally rid his Cabinet of Communists. His smashing triumph in the 1948 elections (with powerful backing by the U.S.) was widely recognized as a significant cold-war victory. A passionate believer in Europe, he was convinced that Italy could only achieve itself as part of a united Europe...
...body is stunted and crippled; his reedy heron's legs are too frail to carry him, and he can use only two fingers at the end of his wizened right arm. When Africa was darkest, such human culls as Sam Songo were staked out for the leopards to rid them from the tribe. But Sam was allowed to live and to learn to carve living figures in stone with those two fingers and his good left...
...playmate, especially with human tidbits. By pretending to be helpless far offshore, he sometimes attracts a rescuing fisherman, whose extended arms are nipped off by the waiting shark. When the fisherman pitches into the water, Manidou gets the rest of him. Guinéo, who hates to study, gets rid of his tutor by taking him out for a row, pulling the boat's plug and letting Manidou handle the rest. Only Mama is really shocked by her son's tricks; daddy and grandparents can hardly conceal their admiration for the little fellow...
...that separated their two estates. In the midst of the dispute, the priest saw fit to establish a low-caste mistress in his house. The upright Singh, married and the father of children, was outraged. He charged the Brahman with polluting the neighborhood and demanded that the priest get rid of his girl friend. The priest refused; angry words flew; other Brahmans and other Thakores joined the ruckus. Before it was over, the priest and three of his relatives lay dead...
...most damaging of the sales tricks is auto bootlegging. While comparatively few dealers resort to it, it has a widespread effect on the trade. To get rid of unsold cars, bootlegging dealers shunt them off to used-car dealers at bargain prices (as much as 24% below list). The cars are then put on sale at near-wholesale prices, thus undercutting new-car sales. In the resulting price chaos, local new-car dealers are forced to whack their own prices drastically or offer fantastic lures to sell their goods...