Word: lira
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lukewarm adherents who 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...
...possible, groups of Robert Colleges students will be made responsible for the children who have been sent to native schools through the generosity of students here. The response of students and community to this appeal exceeded the expectations of the committee, which had determined on 200 liras (about $125) as a goal. Many students gave very generously. One Armenian orphan, who has been sent to the college, was able to raise five liras last summer, which represented is entire capital; his contribution was one lira. A Russian student who earns a lira and a half a week by lugging...