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Is it true that historically, social psychology is more politically liberal than clinical and personality psychology?

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During the US Civil Rights Movement, did large scale segregation in private businesses end because of government intervention or public pressure and boycotts?

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In Shakespeare's time and before, was it common to call a European King by his nation's name?

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What is the history of Crusade romanticization during the 19th and 20th centuries?

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Are there any accounts in Medieval writings of people with Rhotacism?

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When PTSD was officially recognized as mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association in 1980, were there a substantial amount of people that denied PTSD's existence/credibility? and why?

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Why didn't Chandragupta Maurya conquer the Tamil Kings?

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Was there a practical/symbolic reason Greek Mythology placed the Golden Fleece in Colchis, or was Colchis chosen just because it was exotic?

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How did the idea that "Nixon would be considered a great president if Watergate never happened" came to be?

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In John Irving's novel A Prayer for Owen Meany, the first person narrator, John Wheelwright, says the average American (late 1980's) did not care about Iran-Contra and other supposedly "bad" stuff Ronald Reagan did. Is this an accurate statement?

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Is it true that historically, social psychology is more politically liberal than clinical and personality psychology?	9
During the US Civil Rights Movement, did large scale segregation in private businesses end because of government intervention or public pressure and boycotts?	9
In Shakespeare's time and before, was it common to call a European King by his nation's name?	9
What is the history of Crusade romanticization during the 19th and 20th centuries?	9
Are there any accounts in Medieval writings of people with Rhotacism?	8
When PTSD was officially recognized as mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association in 1980, were there a substantial amount of people that denied PTSD's existence/credibility? and why?	8
Why didn't Chandragupta Maurya conquer the Tamil Kings?	8
Was there a practical/symbolic reason Greek Mythology placed the Golden Fleece in Colchis, or was Colchis chosen just because it was exotic?	8
How did the idea that "Nixon would be considered a great president if Watergate never happened" came to be?	8
In John Irving's novel A Prayer for Owen Meany, the first person narrator, John Wheelwright, says the average American (late 1980's) did not care about Iran-Contra and other supposedly "bad" stuff Ronald Reagan did. Is this an accurate statement?	8