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In the podcast Dolly Parton's America, someone mentions that the term hillbilly was once used against poor white people who tried to organize post-civil war fusion governments with black people. Is this true or revisionist history?

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Why is the quantity of 7 years of bad luck such a common part of superstitions?

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When is doctor-patient confidentiality outweighed by distance and historical significance?

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How different was the United States of America's Founding Fathers perception of the Greek and Roman societies upon which they based much of the US republic on?

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In the podcast Dolly Parton's America, someone mentions that the term hillbilly was once used against poor white people who tried to organize post-civil war fusion governments with black people. Is this true or revisionist history?	1938
Why is the quantity of 7 years of bad luck such a common part of superstitions?	13
When is doctor-patient confidentiality outweighed by distance and historical significance?	7
How different was the United States of America's Founding Fathers perception of the Greek and Roman societies upon which they based much of the US republic on?	4