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    nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:   
      
   > 	Hm.  According to Wikipedia, in Italy, The Roman Holidays was   
   > known as `SPQR - Sembrano Proprio Quasi Romani', or, ``They really seem   
   > almost Roman''.  That's a name almost endearingly awkward and clumsy.   
      
   That's actually pretty clever -- the "SPQR" acronym dates back to   
   ancient Rome, where it stood for "Senatus Populusque Romanus," "the   
   Senate and the people of Rome."  It's still in use by the modern city of   
   Rome.   
      
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