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Are there any examples of communist collectivization providing results (however you choose to measure them) that are as good or better than what came before, or what we might see in areas without this type of program?	1
Did ancient Rome have public parks? What were they like, and how were they used?	1
Have municipalities lost power in terms of legislative scope and financial resources through the course of United States history?	1
Around 1850, the New Haven and New London Railroad built a line from New Haven to New London on what is today otherwise beautiful, expensive real estate. Why didn't they build a few miles further inland to get cheaper land and spare the beaches?	1
What's your favorite translation of Xenophon's Anabasis / March of the 10,000?	1
How did the popes feel about southern Italy remaining a bastion of the Byzantine Eastern Orthodox Church long after the rest of the peninsula came under papal/Catholic control?	1
Did Toshitsugu Takamatsu, the Japanese, "Shinobi," really guard the life of Puyi, the last emperor of China?	1
In only three years, from 1959 to 1962, the population of the population growth rate of the Philippines dropped from 4.40% to 2.87%, and kept dropping from there. Did the Philippines get access to birth control so early, despite their poverty? What happened?	1
Marrying cousins is taboo. Did the Catholic Church play a roll in stigmatizing marriage within kinship groups? Did this restructure western society toward an indivualistic orientation?	1
In only three years, from 1959 to 1962, the population growth rate of the Philippines dropped from 4.40% to 2.87%, and never recovered. Did the Philippines get access to birth control so early, despite their poverty? What happened?	1

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