People always talk of Joseph Stalin as the leader of the USSR when he was the Head of Party. People also compare his position to that of Vladimir Lenin, who was one of the first heads of states...

Did the positions/powers change over time as it transitions from a republic to a dictatorship? When did the Head of Party become more powerful than the Head of State ... or was the Head of Party ever more powerful?

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So, there's this weapon in the game Destiny called the 347 Vesta Dynasty and it's special effects are titled David and Goliath, and my friend and I were wondering if there's a connection? I looked but I couldn't find anything myself

By that I mean a battle between two ships, using cannons.

So, I am an individual who benefits from being part of Alcoholics Anonymous and was wondering how those of the same maladie were treated by those in their community, as well as, by physicians of their time. For instance did they have such a thing as rehabilitation as it pertains to mind/mood altering substances? Were these people looked down upon and scorned? Were they homeless and unemployed? Was the thought of being an alcoholic even around? In AA we consider ourselves to have an allergy to alcohol. Any thoughts or information would be very much appreciated.

I'm making a casual research here and was wondering who got to make the clothes for the medieval japanese. From a quick search in the internet I got some kinds of clothing and materials (such as linen that is made of flax, or hemp clothes, aswell as cotton and silk.). I understand that attire has great social importance in many historical societies but we frequently forget to ask the economics behind it. So, my questions are:

• Who made clothes for villagers and lower strata? The tailors were responsible for everything, from planting the vegetable matter to processing it into fabric and sewing the clothes, or the work were more divided and the materials and processes would change hands on each step? Each village had a tailor? How regarded were they? What materials were used? Hemp? Cotton? Linen?

The same question stands for clothes for the higher strata, but I understand there is a greater separation of material and process because the consumer of the end product could afford it. I also would like to know more about the professionals behind it.

I keep thinking back to a documentary on WW1 I'd watched that described how by 1919, King George V became the first British Monarch to become more of a symbol of the British nation as opposed to having any real power. Can anyone give me a timeline as to the declination of Monarchial power?

Note: I understand it begins with the Magna carta, perhaps it might be easier if I set the timeline to begin around 1700 (the beginning of Great Britain as opposed to just England)

I'm looking for a good history of Hawaii (specifically the era just leading up to and just following statehood). Are there any resources that you would recommend for this?

Latin, according to my high school education on it, was written and spoken with word order being fairly unimportant. The general practice however, was to place the main verb at the end of the sentence and to identify the subject, direct object, et cetera with their endings. Why and when did the shift occur to the meaning of the sentence being decided by word order?