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Why did Europe colonize the Americas centuries before most of Africa, despite the latter being so much nearer?

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Has there ever been a "negative bounce" coming out of a major political party's convention?

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Given all of the business reasons for film studios to favor sequels, prequels, reboots, adaptations, etc... why were these things so comparatively rare prior to the 1980's?

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In the late-1960's / early-1970's, what was the political left's reaction to British musicians criticizing progressive taxation (i.e. Beatles' "Taxman", and Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street")?

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Why did Europe colonize the Americas centuries before most of Africa, despite the latter being so much nearer?	161
Has there ever been a "negative bounce" coming out of a major political party's convention?	40
Given all of the business reasons for film studios to favor sequels, prequels, reboots, adaptations, etc... why were these things so comparatively rare prior to the 1980's?	9
In the late-1960's / early-1970's, what was the political left's reaction to British musicians criticizing progressive taxation (i.e. Beatles' "Taxman", and Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street")?	6