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In the movie 'Silence', a large number of local administrators and peasants were shown speaking the language of the Jesuit Priests, Portuguese. How widespread was the speaking of functional Portuguese by the Japanese, and how did it spread?

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'It was not so much the Jews who made the Bible as the Bible which made the Jews.' How true is this

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Did people in Medieval Europe perceive time differently?

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Classical Music currently has a stigma of being a luxury that the upper classes are able to enjoy. Was this always the case?

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To what extent did the performance and radio broadcast of Shostakovich's Symphony No.7 in Leningrad actually help lift the spirits of the people under siege?

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In the movie 'Silence', a large number of local administrators and peasants were shown speaking the language of the Jesuit Priests, Portuguese. How widespread was the speaking of functional Portuguese by the Japanese, and how did it spread?

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To what extent did the performance and radio broadcast of Shostakovich's Symphony No.7 in Leningrad actually help lift the spirits of the people under siege?

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In the movie 'Silence', a large number of local administrators and peasants were shown speaking the language of the Jesuit Priests, Portuguese. How widespread was the speaking of functional Portuguese by the Japanese, and how did it spread?	393
'It was not so much the Jews who made the Bible as the Bible which made the Jews.' How true is this	78
Did people in Medieval Europe perceive time differently?	43
Classical Music currently has a stigma of being a luxury that the upper classes are able to enjoy. Was this always the case?	43
To what extent did the performance and radio broadcast of Shostakovich's Symphony No.7 in Leningrad actually help lift the spirits of the people under siege?	36
In the movie 'Silence', a large number of local administrators and peasants were shown speaking the language of the Jesuit Priests, Portuguese. How widespread was the speaking of functional Portuguese by the Japanese, and how did it spread?	30
To what extent did the performance and radio broadcast of Shostakovich's Symphony No.7 in Leningrad actually help lift the spirits of the people under siege?	13