Benito Mussolini


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Noun1.Benito Mussolini - Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)Benito Mussolini - Italian fascist dictator (1883-1945)
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Its signatories, the long-forgotten Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Cardinal Gasparri and ever-remembered Benito Mussolini, inked agreements that ended more than a half century of discord between church and state.
Italian identity, therefore, was made locally out of the Depression era crisis and fueled internationally by Benito Mussolini's rise to power.
Allied forces struggled to contain the tyranny (absolute power) of Hitler, Italy's Benito Mussolini, and Japan's Hideki Tojo.
In his political essay "Pod znakiem faszyzmu" (1939; "Under the Banner of Fascism") he did not hide his admiration for the Italian fascist Benito Mussolini.
The work begins with monosyllabic rhymes: "B, b, be ...," and progresses to multisyllabic names and phrases: "Susan Faludi, talk dirty to me ...." This outrageous flow of text ranges from history ("Benito Mussolini"), to popular culture ("Madonna Ciccone"), and the art world ("theory weary"), unravelling at the end with a quote from Finnegan's Wake, "A way a lone a last a loved a long the," that suggests a cyclical reading.
A third descendant of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini is entering the political arena.
EVENTS 1945: Benito Mussolini, above, dictator of Italy until his downfall in 1943, has been killed by partisans along with his mistress, Clara Petacci.
1945: Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta Petacci were executed by Italian partisans and their bodies hung in a square in Milan.
Which colour shirts did Benito Mussolini insist the Italian players wear during the 1938 Football World Cup?
Italian authorities have found a marijuana farm in a tunnel that late dictator Benito Mussolini planned as part of Rome's subway system.
NATIONAL LASAGNA DAY 1883: Benito Mussolini, Italian founder of the Fascist Party and ally of Hitler, was born in Predappio.
London, Apr 8 (ANI): Benito Mussolini's granddaughter has lashed out at France's First Lady Carla Bruni saying that she should welcome illegal immigrants into her numerous "chateaux".