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What's the origin of the phrase "Sent to live on a farm upstate," as a euphemism for a beloved pet dying? I've never personally seen anyone try to convince their kids that's what happened, and it sounds very specific to New York City, and yet it's such a well known phrase in American English

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The classic American nuclear family sitcom was so popular for so many decades, but is now so parodied and criticized that it seems impossible to make one for a contemporary audience without it being a complete subversion like Modern Family. Was the format itself a reaction against anything?

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What was the rift in the midcentury American right between the John Birch Society and "responsible" conservatives like William Buckley really about?

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In The Book of the Courtier, Castiglione mentions that "it seemed likely that someone might try to have [my book] printed... I resolved to revise the book at once... for I thought better to [keep it from being] mutilated by the hand of others. How big a problem was book piracy following Gutenberg?

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English-speaking Canadians were by far the largest group of US immigrants in the 1890's, with half a million people crossing the boarder. What caused this and why did the numbers seem to suddenly drop off after the turn of the century?

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How damaging was the "Canuck letter" to Ed Muskie's presidential campaign?

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What's the origin of the phrase "Sent to live on a farm upstate," as a euphemism for a beloved pet dying? I've never personally seen anyone try to convince their kids that's what happened, and it sounds very specific to New York City, and yet it's such a well known phrase in American English	213	AskHistorians
The classic American nuclear family sitcom was so popular for so many decades, but is now so parodied and criticized that it seems impossible to make one for a contemporary audience without it being a complete subversion like Modern Family. Was the format itself a reaction against anything?	34	AskHistorians
What was the rift in the midcentury American right between the John Birch Society and "responsible" conservatives like William Buckley really about?	13	AskHistorians
In The Book of the Courtier, Castiglione mentions that "it seemed likely that someone might try to have [my book] printed... I resolved to revise the book at once... for I thought better to [keep it from being] mutilated by the hand of others. How big a problem was book piracy following Gutenberg?	7	AskHistorians
English-speaking Canadians were by far the largest group of US immigrants in the 1890's, with half a million people crossing the boarder. What caused this and why did the numbers seem to suddenly drop off after the turn of the century?	7	AskHistorians
How damaging was the "Canuck letter" to Ed Muskie's presidential campaign?	1	AskHistorians