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JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2004

‘Right now I have 8,000, almost 9,000 Latin American films. I would say that I have seen half of them.’

Spanish professor Jorge Ruffinelli, on his robust movie collection

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Percent of college students who say they have discussed religion or spirituality with friends: 78

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