Please answer this: Given the following passage "Voicing of pre-vocalic initial voiceless alveolar fricatives occurs, although less in Dutch than in German (Du zeven, Germ sieben [z] vs. Eng seven and LG seven [s]), and also the shift in // > /d/. Dutch shares only with Low German the development of /xs/ > /ss/ (Du vossen, ossen and LG Vosse, Ossen vs. Germ Fuchse, Ochsen and Eng foxes, oxen), and also the development of /ft/ /xt/ though it is far more common in Dutch (Du zacht and LG sacht vs. Germ sanft and Eng soft, but Du kracht vs. LG/Germ kraft and Eng cognate craft).", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: Which English word is the same in both German and Low German?
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Answer: kraft

Please answer this: Given the following passage "In 1989, CBS Records re-entered the music publishing business by acquiring Nashville music publisher Tree International Publishing for more than $30 million.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: An initialism used today to refer to Columbia Broadcasting System is called?
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Answer: CBS

Please answer this: Given the following passage "In 1925, 78.26 rpm was chosen as the standard because of the introduction of the electrically powered synchronous turntable motor. This motor ran at 3600 rpm, such that a 46:1 gear ratio would produce 78.26 rpm. In parts of the world that used 50 Hz current, the standard was 77.92 rpm (3,000 rpm with a 77:2 ratio), which was also the speed at which a strobe disc with 77 lines would "stand still" in 50 Hz light (92 lines for 60 Hz). After World War II these records were retroactively known as 78s, to distinguish them from other newer disc record formats. Earlier they were just called records, or when there was a need to distinguish them from cylinders, disc records.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: How were the rpms originally determined?
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the electrically powered synchronous turntable motor