Question: The city struggled to rebuild from Crusader wars and invasions.
The city was never the same after the Crusader wards.

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: Matsushima is considered one of the country's three Great Scenic Beauties (part of the Japanese passion for cataloging things in three of this or eight of that. )
Japanese people tend to catalog items in threes more than eights.

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: Among the mind-numbing details reported by the New York Times : Second-generation tenants could remain in regulated apartments provided they were willing to pay the vacancy bonus.
Second-generation tenants can never remain in regulated apartments.

Answer:
no