History

Best answer: They were blatantly biased in saying such a thing, it made no sense not to evacuate Dunkirk and the truth is by saving their army it probably was a major factor in Hitler not invading England. Had the army been destroyed at Dunkirk they would not have been in much of a position to defend against an invasion.

Best answer: What ended in 1945? World War 2. The 50's became a decade of indulgence, as the whole country had to go without or be strictly rationed for a number of years during the war.

Best answer: The same thing happened over the entire USA (and other countries). It wasn't a New York thing. There was a ~300% drop in violent crime in most of the world. No one knows why. It's started going up again in the US though.

Best answer: Rahab, a former prostitute who then became the wife of Salmon and the mother of Boaz in the royal ancestry of the Davidic kings; she is one of the four women named in Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus. (Ru 4:20-22; Mt 1:5, 6)

Best answer: The Jews were a rebellious people. And, they rejected the Messiah that God sent to them.
Jesus foretold that the city would be destroyed.

Matthew 24:1 2, 15, 16
Now as Jesus was departing from the temple, his disciples approached to show him the buildings of the temple. In response he said to them: “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, by no means will a stone be left here upon a stone and not be thrown down.”
“Therefore, when you catch sight of the disgusting thing that causes desolation, as spoken about by Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place (let the reader use discernment), then let those in Ju·deʹa begin fleeing to the mountains.

Luke 21:20, 21, 24
“However, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by encamped armies, then know that the desolating of her has drawn near. Then let those in Ju·deʹa begin fleeing to the mountains, let those in the midst of her leave, and let those in the countryside not enter into her, because these are days for meting out justice in order that all the things written may be fulfilled. And they will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations until the appointed times of the nations are fulfilled.

Best answer: They speak English in the movies because it's a movie. Do you think it would have been practical for Jude Law to become fluent in Russian for his role as Vasily Zaytsev in Enemy at the Gates? At the beginning of the Hunt for Red October Sean Connery and Sam Neill say a couple of lines in Russian and for me it was like somebody run nails across the blackboard. (I am fluent in Russian.)

Each country used translators to communicate with other countries. Russian was mandatory foreign language in school in most of the Soviet Block countries. Many students from those countries also went to study in universities in the USSR and they returned with the passing knowledge of Russian.

When USSR supplied weapons to North Vietnam it also sent military advisers to train the Vietnamese to use them. Along with the advisers came the translators. The North Vietnamese pilot candidates went to the USSR for flight training where they learned Russian.

Foreign language was taught in schools in the Soviet Union starting in 5th grade, though not necessarily English. It largely depended on what language teacher was on the school's staff. If the school had a French or a German teacher, it would teach French or German. When I went to school in Kiev in the 1970s we could choose between taking English or French classes, but this was unusual. Students in many other schools couldn't choose the foreign language they wanted to study. In larger cities there were also a few schools where foreign language instruction started in first grade.

For what reason?

Best answer: Your question makes little sense. Could you expand upon it?

It was once full of serious, decent, socially accepting questions. Now it's full of ??? When did this change?