Word: thuggish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were a passel of relatives and Red-riding hoods, as well as his aging doxy-soxer girl friend Leonilde Iotti. The entourage's most notable hood was Togliatti's shadowlike Bodyguard Armando ("Armandino") Rosati. Italy's anti-Communist press chortled mightily at the idea of taking thuggish Armandino along on a peaceful holiday. Sample snide caption (in Rome's Il Tempo): "Togliatti is caught by the photographer while he risks a few steps in the open." But it had its greatest fun with Togliatti's natty Alpine wear. To give the final dash...