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Pakistan has been a mainstay of UN peacekeeping operations since 1960 despite being impoverished and often at risk of war with India. How and why did the UN come to rely on them so heavily?

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Were there any opportunities for an average civilian in the Soviet region of influence to learn to fly outside airlines and the military?

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In the time of US slavery, who named babies born into slavery?

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Did North Vietnam ever consider or mount a serious attack on US naval assets off their coast?

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Why did Al Jolson's blackface act seem to have so much respect in the African-American community at the time when others were lambasted?

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What was the main source of revenue for the Soviet budget?

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Prior to the advent of widespread photography, how likely was it that a person would have even one portrait of them done in their life?

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What kept the Native Americans of the Plains from uniting into a larger body?

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What were the limits of Soviet influence on North Korea?

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Robert Bork is widely believed to have fired Archibald Cox as a show of loyalty to Nixon during the Saturday Night Massacre. However, his predecessor, AG Elliot Richardson, apparently advised Bork to fire Cox to avoid destabilizing the government. What were Ruckelshaus's and Richardson's concerns?

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Pakistan has been a mainstay of UN peacekeeping operations since 1960 despite being impoverished and often at risk of war with India. How and why did the UN come to rely on them so heavily?	22	AskHistorians
Were there any opportunities for an average civilian in the Soviet region of influence to learn to fly outside airlines and the military?	21	AskHistorians
In the time of US slavery, who named babies born into slavery?	20	AskHistorians
Did North Vietnam ever consider or mount a serious attack on US naval assets off their coast?	19	AskHistorians
Why did Al Jolson's blackface act seem to have so much respect in the African-American community at the time when others were lambasted?	18	AskHistorians
What was the main source of revenue for the Soviet budget?	18	AskHistorians
Prior to the advent of widespread photography, how likely was it that a person would have even one portrait of them done in their life?	18	AskHistorians
What kept the Native Americans of the Plains from uniting into a larger body?	16	AskHistorians
What were the limits of Soviet influence on North Korea?	16	AskHistorians
Robert Bork is widely believed to have fired Archibald Cox as a show of loyalty to Nixon during the Saturday Night Massacre. However, his predecessor, AG Elliot Richardson, apparently advised Bork to fire Cox to avoid destabilizing the government. What were Ruckelshaus's and Richardson's concerns?	16	AskHistorians