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In "The Right Stuff," Wolfe (if I remember where I read this correctly) claims that the stereotypical pilot/ATC voice originated from other pilots mimicking West Virginian Chuck Yeager's distinctive voice. Is this correct?	0
What supports or refutes Sergei Khrushchev's statement "Korolev was not a scientist, not a designer: he was a brilliant manager?" How insightful should one take it to be?	0
FROM WHAT DO WE DRAW OUR UNDERSTANDING OF SPARTAN COMMUNICATION AND ETIQUETTE? DID KING LEONIDAS COMMUNICATE IN THE EQUIVALENT OF USING ALL-CAPS ON AN ANGLOPHONE INTERNET FORUM?	0
How did George W. Bush come to say "They hate our freedoms?" Is it clear how influential the statement was?	0
How did the "LGBTQ Community" (as of 2003) form? Was the Anglosphere already major global influence on conceptions of gender and sexual identities, in the 20th Century?	0
How good are Michela Wrong's books?	0
In 1965, Tom Lehrer performed a song about Wernher von Braun together with "Who's Next," about nuclear proliferation, with the climax being "We'll try to stay serene and calm, when Alabama gets the bomb," - would his audience have known von Braun's lab was in Alabama?	0
How did the "LGBTQ Community" (as of 2003) form, especially with regards to integration of transgender and "queer" people? Was the Anglosphere already major global influence on conceptions of gender and sexual identities, in the 20th Century?	0
To what extent were boys seeing a grown man naked, hanging around a gymnasium, liking movies about gladiators, and being in a Turkish prison – as listed in the quintissential film "Airplane!" - associated with sexual behavior in 1980 USA, beyond being potential showcases of adult male physique?	0
What's the origin of the supposed small islands east of the Island of California?	0

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