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[Journalism] To what extent was Hearst responsible for the failure of "Citizen Kane?"

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How and when did Orson Welles's reputation recover from his initial struggles in cinema?

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How and when did the US military move away from a "purchase system" and start to require a college education for officer's commissions?

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How many genocides did the USSR attempt? What, exactly, were the goals, and why did the USSR have a policy of ethnic cleansing?

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When and why did the Near Eastern people adopt ritual genital mutilation? Why males, why newborns, and why complete removal of the foreskin? How did the practice become integrated into surviving religions?

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[Human Rights] "Officers won't work!" Why did men have to work? Are any enlisted prisoners known to have impersonated officers?

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What, exactly, was the geographic reach of the second KKK? What white supremacy activity would I find in 1920s and 30s Central California and north, in general?

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[Mores, Customs & Folkways] Do historians use literature to study areas that are well documented or is literature only used if there are no other sources?

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Several questions about Cossacks and Ethnogenesis

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President Trump appropriated at least four campaign slogans from previous Republican presidential candidates; is there a precedent for this?

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[Journalism] To what extent was Hearst responsible for the failure of "Citizen Kane?"	7
How and when did Orson Welles's reputation recover from his initial struggles in cinema?	7
How and when did the US military move away from a "purchase system" and start to require a college education for officer's commissions?	5
How many genocides did the USSR attempt? What, exactly, were the goals, and why did the USSR have a policy of ethnic cleansing?	4
When and why did the Near Eastern people adopt ritual genital mutilation? Why males, why newborns, and why complete removal of the foreskin? How did the practice become integrated into surviving religions?	4
[Human Rights] "Officers won't work!" Why did men have to work? Are any enlisted prisoners known to have impersonated officers?	4
What, exactly, was the geographic reach of the second KKK? What white supremacy activity would I find in 1920s and 30s Central California and north, in general?	3
[Mores, Customs & Folkways] Do historians use literature to study areas that are well documented or is literature only used if there are no other sources?	3
Several questions about Cossacks and Ethnogenesis	3
President Trump appropriated at least four campaign slogans from previous Republican presidential candidates; is there a precedent for this?	3