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Theodore Roosevelt is remembered as a "trust buster" who fought monopolies. Is this accurate? What monopolies did he fight and what methods did he use? Did this have any negative consequences for him? Is it accurate to say that he was equally opposed to big government and big business?
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A sunken German U-Boat was recently discovered was near the NC coast. Are archaeologists allowed to dive on wrecks like that to gather historical information? (MIC)
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How did the erroneous association of Mary Magdalene with prostitution develop and come to have such a hold in the popular understanding of her place within the Bible?
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Modern courts have faced the problem of the "CSI effect" (Where jurors expect incontrovertible scientific evidence like they uncover in the show). Was there a similar problem of high expectations in the late-Victorian age following the popularity of the Sherlock Holmes stories?
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