The constitution's weakness, Mr Valiani later agreed, was that it had the effect of paralysing government.

ECONOMIST: Leo Valiani

As a Jew and a communist, Mr Valiani had a natural antipathy to Europe's new caesar.

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Perhaps only those, like Mr Valiani, who saw that history does repeat itself, albeit in new guises.

ECONOMIST: Leo Valiani

Leo Valiani was an old European, using the term in a respectful and slightly awed sense, like old money.

ECONOMIST: Leo Valiani

Mussolini's only virtue, he said, was that he encouraged Italian football, which for Leo Valiani rivalled history as a worthwhile pursuit.

ECONOMIST: Leo Valiani

With Mussolini dead and the Germans defeated, Mr Valiani's committee was in a strong position to help shape Italy's real government.

ECONOMIST: Leo Valiani

Resistance groups operated with some success, among them Leo Valiani's.

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Mr Valiani had an additional interest in Austria-Hungary.

ECONOMIST: Leo Valiani