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    Spanish was one of the official languages in the Philippines in Southeast Asia until 1973. In the 1987 constitution, Spanish was removed as an official language (replaced by English), and was listed as an optional/voluntary language along with Arabic. It is currently spoken by a minority and taught in the school curriculum.

  3. Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    An alphabet is a standard set of letters written to represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters largely correspond to phonemes as the smallest sound segments that can distinguish one word from another in a given language. [1]

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    How does an alkaline/base component of detergents and cleaners make a stain more soluble? In other words, how does it dissolve the stain?--Just Wondering They clean as Surfactants by lowering the surface tension of water. Many alkaline substances also allow oils to be emulsified. Look at Alkali. Dominick (TALK) 19:04, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

  5. Great Depression - Wikipedia

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    The Great Depression did not strongly affect Japan. The Japanese economy shrank by 8% during 1929–31. Japan's Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo was the first to implement what have come to be identified as Keynesian economic policies: first, by large fiscal stimulus involving deficit spending; and second, by devaluing the currency ...