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Article: Fruit is for flinging in a squishy Italian festival held each February.(The Orange County Register)
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- May 20, 2002
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IVREA, Italy _ THWACK.
I was hit by what felt like the meaty part of a fist impacting my eye. Teeth clacked together, and a stinging-throbbing-shocked sensation paralyzed the left side of my face, trumping my exhilaration of a moment before.
Such was my welcome to the Orange Battles of Ivrea.
Slipping about wildly on a layer of orange pulp covering the irregular cobblestones, I tried to find a path to exit the melee, head down for cover and trying to squint through my fingers with one good eye. I was more than a bit concerned about the condition of my left eye, which I could not feel through all the pain. A strange cocktail of juice and tears ...
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