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One morning in Riga, the line of people in front of the city's Aeroflot ticket office was almost half-a-block long
One morning in Riga, the line of people in front of the city's Aeroflot ticket office was almost half-a-block long

One morning in Riga, the line of people in front of the city's Aeroflot ticket office was almost half-a-block long

Date8/24/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: One morning in Riga; the line of people in front of the city's Aeroflot ticket office was almost half-a-block long.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0118452F
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