sinistral

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It was to avoid just such a result, and to "isolate" the Communists, that former Premier Amintore Fanfani created the apertura a sinistra, or opening to the left, in 1962.

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This is, after almost eight months, the one tangible achievement of Premier Amintore Fanfani's center-left coalition, the much-heralded apertura a sinistra.

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He was fellow Christian Democrat Premier Amintore Fanfani, who had recently picked staunchly pro-Western Segni as Foreign Minister to balance his new center-left coalition, the much debated apertura a sinistra.

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A Christian Democrat who says, "I am a leftist because I am modern," he spurred Milan's own apertura a sinistra by persuading the party to form a coalition with the socialists.

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On the left hand you may see some slight vestiges of the porta sinistra, and on the right, one side of the porta dextra wellnigh entire.

From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir