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How quickly did rock and roll go from being a Southern regional phenomenon to a nationwide one?

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Did the Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands follow a course similar to that of the later conquest of the Americas? Was the former used at all as a conscious blueprint for the latter?

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Why have there been few if any famous Mexican salsa musicians despite salsa's high popularity in Mexico?

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When did graduation ceremonies also become known as commencement ceremonies?

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On the one hand, I understand that Lincoln initially planned to send all formerly enslaved persons to Africa upon abolition. On the other, I've heard that his friendship with Frederick Douglass softened his earlier racial separatism. Did Lincoln in fact evolve in his racial views over time?

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In the US, how far back does comparing politicians/political candidates that we don't like to Hitler go?

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Lawmakers are sometimes slow to update laws in changing times. How quickly after cars became popular did they update old traffic laws made for horses and buggies?

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When did early American universities like Harvard and Yale become comparable in prestige to Cambridge and Oxford?

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Looking at the how many UK-born members AC/DC had, I wonder, was Australia still treated as a de facto British settler colony well into the 20th c.?

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Why does the paralegal profession seem to have only developed in common-law countries (i.e., countries in the Anglo-American legal tradition)? In particular, why didn't it take hold in the civil-law countries of Europe and Latin America?

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How quickly did rock and roll go from being a Southern regional phenomenon to a nationwide one?	2
Did the Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands follow a course similar to that of the later conquest of the Americas? Was the former used at all as a conscious blueprint for the latter?	2
Why have there been few if any famous Mexican salsa musicians despite salsa's high popularity in Mexico?	1
When did graduation ceremonies also become known as commencement ceremonies?	1
On the one hand, I understand that Lincoln initially planned to send all formerly enslaved persons to Africa upon abolition. On the other, I've heard that his friendship with Frederick Douglass softened his earlier racial separatism. Did Lincoln in fact evolve in his racial views over time?	1
In the US, how far back does comparing politicians/political candidates that we don't like to Hitler go?	1
Lawmakers are sometimes slow to update laws in changing times. How quickly after cars became popular did they update old traffic laws made for horses and buggies?	1
When did early American universities like Harvard and Yale become comparable in prestige to Cambridge and Oxford?	1
Looking at the how many UK-born members AC/DC had, I wonder, was Australia still treated as a de facto British settler colony well into the 20th c.?	1
Why does the paralegal profession seem to have only developed in common-law countries (i.e., countries in the Anglo-American legal tradition)? In particular, why didn't it take hold in the civil-law countries of Europe and Latin America?	1