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In Jimmy Soul's "If You Wanna Be Happy" (1963), a dialogue mid-song has one guy telling another that his wife is ugly, to which the other responds: "But she sure can cook!" Would 60's listeners have interpreted "cook" in this context as a euphemism for a different four-letter word ending in "k"?

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In the 1990s, both the Labour Party in the UK and the Democratic Party in the US shifted toward the center of the political spectrum. Are there any transnational causes underlying this parallel shift for these two traditionally center-left parties, or was it purely coincidental?

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What was the reaction (if any) in Egypt to Steve Martin's "King Tut" (1978)? Was it found offensive?

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In Jimmy Soul's "If You Wanna Be Happy" (1963), a dialogue mid-song has one guy telling another that his wife is ugly, to which the other responds: "But she sure can cook!" Would 60's listeners have interpreted "cook" in this context as a euphemism for a different four-letter word ending in "k"?	0	AskHistorians
In the 1990s, both the Labour Party in the UK and the Democratic Party in the US shifted toward the center of the political spectrum. Are there any transnational causes underlying this parallel shift for these two traditionally center-left parties, or was it purely coincidental?	0	AskHistorians
What was the reaction (if any) in Egypt to Steve Martin's "King Tut" (1978)? Was it found offensive?	0	AskHistorians