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Under senator Mac Carthy's "Witch Hunt" policy in the U.S in the fifties, how were treated communists that were "caught", were they tortured ? Imprisonned ? Under which charges ? How would their family, friends, and contacts be affected ?

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Why did Anglo-Saxon England develop such a tradition of vernacular written language ?

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What happened to the prisoners of wars detained in Russia after Soviet Russia backed out of WWI?

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When did militaries start using spears, and why did the use of these weapons sticked out for so long, so widely ?

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What were the diplomatical consequences of the Franco-Ottoman alliance in Asia?

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Under senator Mac Carthy's "Witch Hunt" policy in the U.S in the fifties, how were treated communists that were "caught", were they tortured ? Imprisonned ? Under which charges ? How would their family, friends, and contacts be affected ?	265
Why did Anglo-Saxon England develop such a tradition of vernacular written language ?	17
What happened to the prisoners of wars detained in Russia after Soviet Russia backed out of WWI?	15
When did militaries start using spears, and why did the use of these weapons sticked out for so long, so widely ?	4
What were the diplomatical consequences of the Franco-Ottoman alliance in Asia?	1