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Julius Caesar was extraordinarily close to the women in his life, making public professions of grief at the loss of both his Aunt and his first wife in ways that were regarded as exceptional and simply not done in his day; how did this affect his public reputation?	6
What was the international rationale between intervening in the conflict between the Serbs and the Bosnians and doing nothing during the Rwandan conflict? I've heard that there's some controversy regarding labeling the Rwandan conflict a 'genocide'; is this shared among historians?	6
At what point did English supersede French as the language of English court? Was it a gradual change, or sudden? Was it prompted by any particular event?	6
Any opinions on John M. Barry's 'The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History'?	6
'Star Wars' seems remarkable in that it spawned a 30+ year long film series and it also created a toy empire; was this as revolutionary as it seems? Did George Lucas have any idea he was creating something so lucrative? Had any movies (or comics for that matter) tried anything remotely similar?	6
Is there any merit to claims that some of Roosevelt's policies exacerbated the Depression or delayed the recovery?	6
Before Alcoholics Anonymous, what treatment options were available for alcoholics, and did any of them work?	6
In 1964, at a time when boxing was arguably the most popular sport in the world, heavyweight champion Muhammed Ali converted to Islam. How was this received in America? How was it received in the rest of the world? Was it intended as an overtly political act?	6
Shakespeare's mature tragedies are generally considered his finest work; has this always been the case, or has this varied with the times?	6
In the US, World War II is looked upon as a "good" war (fought for a moral cause against a terrible enemy). To what degree was this understood by the people fighting it (as I understand it, the true horrors of Nazi Germany weren't common knowledge in America until during the war)?	6

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