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Re: old bronze
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"Martin C. Tangora" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:07:47 -0500
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At 05:08 AM 6/21/2011, Orgrease wrote:

>>Crociera aerea del Decennale  
>
>Cruise Air Decennial
>
>the flying around thing from Rome to NY to Chicago
>
>>Roma New York Chicago

It might be a little clearer to translate as
"Tenth Anniversary Aerial Crossing"
where crossing refers to the Atlantic
(crociera is actually the word for cruise)
and the anniversary is of the Fascist regime (1923).


Martin C. Tangora
University of Illinois at Chicago
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