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The OCMS song "I Hear Them All" mentions Wovoka as being a prophet, mentioned alongside a more traditional Judeochristian prophet, Elijah. Is that a fair association or an accurate characteristization of his role in the Ghost Dance movement?

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Were there eastern parallels to "Orientalism" at the height of eastern empires' powers?

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Did the musical "Oklahoma!" really improve the state's reputation?

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How did hunting come to be such an important part of medieval aristocratic life?

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In 1980, the American Bar Association recorded a 15% in the number of active practicing attorneys - the only double-digit increase since the ABA began annual tracking in 1956. What explains that massive bump in the size of the legal profession?

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What was personal finance like in the USSR?

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Best Of January Voting Thread

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Were there any Soviet or eastern-bloc consumer products that were significantly superior or more advanced than western equivalents? What circumstances (technological, political/ideological) led to that being the case?

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Exotic animals, especially elephants, were a fixture of “golden age” circuses around the turn-of-the-century. How would these animals have been captured, purchased and transported from their homes to the circuses? What were conditions like in transit? How many animals didn’t survive the trip?

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The Wikipedia articles for the Ojibwe and Ottawa list under the "religion" section Catholicism, Midewiwin, and Methodism. How and when did Methodism make large inroads into these groups?

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The OCMS song "I Hear Them All" mentions Wovoka as being a prophet, mentioned alongside a more traditional Judeochristian prophet, Elijah. Is that a fair association or an accurate characteristization of his role in the Ghost Dance movement?	21
Were there eastern parallels to "Orientalism" at the height of eastern empires' powers?	20
Did the musical "Oklahoma!" really improve the state's reputation?	20
How did hunting come to be such an important part of medieval aristocratic life?	19
In 1980, the American Bar Association recorded a 15% in the number of active practicing attorneys - the only double-digit increase since the ABA began annual tracking in 1956. What explains that massive bump in the size of the legal profession?	17
What was personal finance like in the USSR?	17
Best Of January Voting Thread	16
Were there any Soviet or eastern-bloc consumer products that were significantly superior or more advanced than western equivalents? What circumstances (technological, political/ideological) led to that being the case?	16
Exotic animals, especially elephants, were a fixture of “golden age” circuses around the turn-of-the-century. How would these animals have been captured, purchased and transported from their homes to the circuses? What were conditions like in transit? How many animals didn’t survive the trip?	15
The Wikipedia articles for the Ojibwe and Ottawa list under the "religion" section Catholicism, Midewiwin, and Methodism. How and when did Methodism make large inroads into these groups?	15