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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Could you please parapharse the following sentence "Many have tried to answer that question over the years, though with varying degrees of expertise. If we are to believe these speculative alternate histories, the dominos from his assassination careen in every which way" Does it mean that " for us to believe these histories we should take into account that there are many versions his life could be lived had the assasination not happened?

  

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" The writer is saying that there is no agreement at all among them, that is about what would have happened had Kennedy lived.

  • " The writer is saying that there is no agreement at all among them, that is about what would have happened had Kennedy lived.
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AnonymousMany have tried to answer that question

The writings of these "many people" are the "speculative alternate histories."

The writer is saying that there is no agreement at all among them, that is about what would have happened had Kennedy lived.

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