De Gasperi "served as prime minister of Italy in eight successive coalition governments from 1945 to 1953. ... His eight-year term in office remains a landmark of political longevity for a leader in modern Italian politics."

... what?

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Not finding answers to your question but found a weird tangent. One of the guys who lost to Mussolini, per Wikipedia, was Alcide De Gasperi ... 1/2

Mussolini's granddaughter used to show up on Twitter to scream at people. That was really weird.

Would you like a recipe for homemade pasta that takes 7 hours, dirties every dish you own, and tastes slightly better than store bought?

I mean, you can -- just make your home in Italy and then you're making pasta made in Italy at home.

Weirdly, Italy -- which for a while was changing constitutions like some people changed their underwear -- may be more stable to boot.

And that Max may need extra snuggles also. I'm so sorry, Karen.

Thank you! I'm thinking maybe this block is less important than improving the corner connections, but will see what I can do.

Real. Just not much of it. The glass survived and the wood did not!

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Next to the green highlighting.

Your post got me looking around and realizing I really should catch Bugonia and Frankenstein, so, uh, thanks!

Obligatory www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSfG...

Suspended already, for the record.