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What did a Lawyer's career look like in the Soviet Union? Were there corporate lawyers?

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Why is an artsy-fartsy lifestyle said to be “Bohemian?”

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Did South American countries develop the notion of a "frontier" similar to that in the United States?

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What was the engineering logic behind the fuselage of the P-38 "Lightning"?

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How was customs and border control handled in the first iteration of the Paris-Istanbul Orient Express?

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How did a strong Farmer–Labor Party emerge in Minnesota, of all places in the United States?

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Why are there two parallel public university systems in the state of California?

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Why do South American cities appear to be so eclectic?

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How significant was the explicit or implicit objective of "slum clearance" in driving American municipalities to build urban freeways?

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Between 1918 and 1990, Namibia was under a South African military occupation. What was life like for Namibians?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What did a Lawyer's career look like in the Soviet Union? Were there corporate lawyers?	310
Why is an artsy-fartsy lifestyle said to be “Bohemian?”	289
Did South American countries develop the notion of a "frontier" similar to that in the United States?	205
What was the engineering logic behind the fuselage of the P-38 "Lightning"?	150
How was customs and border control handled in the first iteration of the Paris-Istanbul Orient Express?	111
How did a strong Farmer–Labor Party emerge in Minnesota, of all places in the United States?	54
Why are there two parallel public university systems in the state of California?	52
Why do South American cities appear to be so eclectic?	48
How significant was the explicit or implicit objective of "slum clearance" in driving American municipalities to build urban freeways?	45
Between 1918 and 1990, Namibia was under a South African military occupation. What was life like for Namibians?	41