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Benito Mussolini: Allies
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It has taken him eight years to do so, but Gianfranco Fini, the leader of the far right National Alliance, has finally repudiated his controversial view that Benito Mussolini was the greatest politician of the 20th century. His sense of timing has not deserted him - Mr Fini's new,...
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Mussolini occupied several provincial posts as editor and labor leader until he suddenly emerged in the 1912 Socialist Party Congress. Shattering all precedent, he became editor of the party's daily paper, Avanti, at a youthful 29. His editorial tenure during 1913-1914 abundantly confirmed his promise. He wrote a new journalism, pungent and polemical, hammered his readership, and injected a new excitement into Socialist ranks. On the Socialist platform, he spoke sharply and well, deft in phrase and savage in irony.
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Good Day, the first track on The Dresden Dolls' self-titled album, ends with Amanda Palmer reciting the rhyme "When the war was over Mussolini said he wants to go to heaven with a crown upon his head. The lord said no, he has to stay below; all dressed up, and nowhere to go."
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