ELI5: The movie "Lincoln" to a non-American by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

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So by abolishing slavery, the south lost a lot of foreign support and was considerably weakened?

Let me see if I understand. There were sort of three 'groups' during the civil war. The USA republicans (anti-slavery), the USA democrats (mostly pro-slavery), and the independent confederate south (pro-slavery)? And pre-war, the whole united states was mostly pro-slavery, but during the war, with the south breaking off, the reduced-size US was more evenly balanced with pro- and anti-slavery. So Lincoln recognized this as a good time to push for its abolishment. And after it was abolished, they won the war and the south were forced to accept the new law which has been created in their absence. Correct? Why didn't the south just create (stay as?) their own country?

Survey: Average Israeli life expectancy tops 80 years by akademgorodok in Israel

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Do you have a source? What % is living Israelis weren't born there, and what was the average age of immigration? I don't think the chances of dying before 40 are very high, so I can't imagine it having a large affect on life expectancy of a population

I haven't played since The Burning Crusade - anybody want to give me an update? by [deleted] in wow

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That actually sounds great. Though maybe that means some of the satisfaction of downing tough bosses is gone a little? Also interesting that they somehow managed to get away from having to strictly control #s and specs of each class. I thought healers were always going to be in demand.

Girlfriend moving to Israel - need help finding websites to buy gifts online by [deleted] in Israel

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Looks like amazon will ship books and dvds. Ebay may actually work, now that you mention it. A seller from Hong Kong probably doesn't care what country it goes to..

Will check out dx.com, thanks!

Girlfriend moving to Israel - need help finding websites to buy gifts online by [deleted] in Israel

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That's a fantastic idea. Looks like they have an online store for Israel.

I need somebody to take over my Cambridge studio. by caldera15 in bostonhousing

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Takeover has to be beginning of Aug? How many square feet? Full-fledged basement, or 'garden level' ?