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How did the concept of "protectorate" get the negative connotation of being an euphemism for "colony"?

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In France the salt duty (gabelle) varied greatly between regions. What determined a region's gabelle tax rate? How was the difference justified?

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In 1980 the New World Information and Communication Order produced the MacBride Report, that controversially proposed a global system of licensing and supervision of journalists. If the system had been implemented, what it would have looked like in practice?

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Can Richard Nixon's economic policies in 1971-1973 (e.g. price freezes, limiting profit margins, government-guided wage rises), that were enabled by the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, be classified as "macroeconomic populism" (à la Latin America)?

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How did the Sino-Soviet split and rivalry impact the Vietnam War? Did the Soviet Union and China back different factions in North Vietnam?

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How did the name "Attila" become popular in Hungary? Was it controversial for being of pagan origin?

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In pre-1850 China, what would a typical literate person know/think about Christianity?

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How did people react when they found out that "Wilhelm II's abdication" proclaimed by Max von Baden was false? Did Wilhelm publicly dispute the supposed "abdication"?

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What were the perpetrators of the Ezeiza massacre trying to achieve by it?

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Is the observable universe perfectly spherical? Or do gravitational lenses make "dents" on its "surface"?

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How did the concept of "protectorate" get the negative connotation of being an euphemism for "colony"?	2	AskHistorians
In France the salt duty (gabelle) varied greatly between regions. What determined a region's gabelle tax rate? How was the difference justified?	2	AskHistorians
In 1980 the New World Information and Communication Order produced the MacBride Report, that controversially proposed a global system of licensing and supervision of journalists. If the system had been implemented, what it would have looked like in practice?	2	AskHistorians
Can Richard Nixon's economic policies in 1971-1973 (e.g. price freezes, limiting profit margins, government-guided wage rises), that were enabled by the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, be classified as "macroeconomic populism" (à la Latin America)?	2	AskHistorians
How did the Sino-Soviet split and rivalry impact the Vietnam War? Did the Soviet Union and China back different factions in North Vietnam?	2	AskHistorians
How did the name "Attila" become popular in Hungary? Was it controversial for being of pagan origin?	2	AskHistorians
In pre-1850 China, what would a typical literate person know/think about Christianity?	2	AskHistorians
How did people react when they found out that "Wilhelm II's abdication" proclaimed by Max von Baden was false? Did Wilhelm publicly dispute the supposed "abdication"?	2	AskHistorians
What were the perpetrators of the Ezeiza massacre trying to achieve by it?	2	AskHistorians
Is the observable universe perfectly spherical? Or do gravitational lenses make "dents" on its "surface"?	1	askscience