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Word: silvestrini (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Quaglia, who reserved a room in each of the three hotels which command various aspects of the Palazzo Chigi. The rooms were engaged for "an old friend, a wounded Fascist officer who wishes to view the Armistice Day celebration." And early on the morning in question a certain "Major Silvestrini" limped into the little Hotel Dragoni, demanding the room which had been reserved for him. The hotel manager, noting that the "Major's" breast was covered with decorations and that his open throated tunic revealed a Fascist black shirt, showed him without comment to a room looking out upon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Day of Wrath | 11/16/1925 | See Source »

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