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Word: centesimi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...will cast it off. The new Directorate which the Council meets to elect must be strong and disciplined." Italy's wheat crop has failed. This was evidenced when Roman bakeries started to bake the inferior war bread - now called pane popolare and sold for 1 lira 20 centesimi per kilogram (6 cents). The price of white bread advanced to 2 lire per kilogram (10 cents), owing to the advancing price of wheat. A party of, men, said to be Fascisti, broke into St. Peter's Catholic Club at Borsano, near Milan, threw all the furniture into the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News Notes, Aug. 11, 1924 | 8/11/1924 | See Source »

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