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Why was being an elevator operator considered so important? Why was it important enough to warrant a union?

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When did plea bargaining become prominent in the United States?

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Why were the Quakers shunned during Colonial Times?

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Before the "Holy Trinity" case was ruled on by the Supreme Court, had anything other political documents professed that America was a Christian nation?

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Is it true that many of the pitched battles and frontal assaults of the Vietnam War were only ordered because the high brass sought battlefield glory akin to WWII?

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Before court and deed records became digitized how would a county handle a courthouse fire that destroyed all the records?

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Besides the court martial of the captain of the USS Indianapolis, has there ever been a time when an opposing commander was called to testify in a military tribunal?

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During the World Wars, what were the attitudes of the Allied countries regarding the sustaining of casualties?

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In the Modern Era, how common was it for entire units (companies, regiments, divisions) to be totally eradicated in combat?

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What Soviet space disasters resulted in the cosmonauts being disfigured? I've seen pictures, but I can no longer find them anywhere.

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Why was being an elevator operator considered so important? Why was it important enough to warrant a union?	88	AskHistorians
When did plea bargaining become prominent in the United States?	51	AskHistorians
Why were the Quakers shunned during Colonial Times?	30	AskHistorians
Before the "Holy Trinity" case was ruled on by the Supreme Court, had anything other political documents professed that America was a Christian nation?	25	AskHistorians
Is it true that many of the pitched battles and frontal assaults of the Vietnam War were only ordered because the high brass sought battlefield glory akin to WWII?	19	AskHistorians
Before court and deed records became digitized how would a county handle a courthouse fire that destroyed all the records?	15	AskHistorians
Besides the court martial of the captain of the USS Indianapolis, has there ever been a time when an opposing commander was called to testify in a military tribunal?	14	AskHistorians
During the World Wars, what were the attitudes of the Allied countries regarding the sustaining of casualties?	12	AskHistorians
In the Modern Era, how common was it for entire units (companies, regiments, divisions) to be totally eradicated in combat?	10	AskHistorians
What Soviet space disasters resulted in the cosmonauts being disfigured? I've seen pictures, but I can no longer find them anywhere.	9	AskHistorians