Word: lire
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...peevishly-Dictator Mussolini's personal newsorgan Il Popolo d'ltalia grumbled last week at a Great Power with whom Il Duce is engaged in economic horse trading. On the books of Italian firms are Allied orders for munitions and other war supplies totaling over three billion gold lire ($157,893,000). These orders are being filled for Great Britain and France even ahead of the requirements of the Italian Army. Il Duce would like the Allies to buy more Italian food, fewer manufactures, but they want to continue to keep Italian heavy industry so tied up with their...