Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,903,583,680 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Craxi
(redirected from Bettino Craxi)

    Also found in: Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
Craxi [ˈkræksɪ]
n
(Biographies / Craxi, Bettino (1934-2000) M, Italian, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Bettino (beˈtiːno). 1934-2000, Italian socialist statesman; prime minister (1983-87)
Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Dictionary browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
This is the sort of thing for which he is known as il cavaliere, though the nickname was bestowed by his friend and godfather to one of his daughters, Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister from 1983 to 1987.
Back on the trail for the Italian job by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Both DC and the PCI would be repaid for the (at best) moderate success of this policy with a decline in their popularity; in the 1980s, votes would increasingly shift away from these two parties to the Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano, PSI) of Bettino Craxi.
The postponed revolution: reading Italian insurrectionary leftism as ... by Henninger, Max / Italica
To the limited extent that the Communists found themselves thwarted in any degree after Tambroni's departure, they could blame their setbacks not on the center-Right, but on "infantile leftism" of the Red Brigade kind; on the unaligned Right-wingers guilty of the 1980 bombing in Bologna (Italian Communism's heartland); and on venal, hard-nosed Socialists like Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister, 1983-1987.
Dead Duce walking by Stove, R.J. / Modern Age
 
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.