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September 1
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- Is Athens monarchy still around in current times?
- 20 July plot
- university book store chains in the English speaking world.
- Ending world hunger
- Reliable Mexican Biofuel Statistics
- Works by Pieter de Hooch
- That thing behind you...
- Flying Cow
- Workers who unload boats
- Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music
- Hamlet's tonal issues
- People can distinguish neighbour's origins?
- Most Novels with same Hero
- Roman dates
- what literal "mistakes" of Jesus does the bible imply
- The American Flag
- Accomplices, accessories and complicity
- How is gorget pronounced?
September 2
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- Engstrom quote source?
- What would Thomas Jefferson have said about Somalia?
- Jews and automatic citizenship in Israel
- Democracy
- What is this story?
- Religion vs. Science
- Physical Exercises on Sabbath Day
- Vagrancy Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 83)
- Am I a character in a novel?
- MLitt/MSc (Scotland)
- Crest on UK royal proclamation
- "Are you living in a computer simulation?"
- Town and country parks from urban sprawl?
September 3
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- The Question Above...
- A story from Sunday school, when I was a Christian
- Capital punishment
- Star Trek Voyager
- Monarchy of the UK using pwoers unilaterally
- Name of that amazing 'head dancing' seen in India
September 4
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- Absolute pitch
- ʃ
- Family Fable
- Greatest disparity in standard of living between neighboring countries
- Selective service system
- wysiwyg vs. wysiwym
- national anthem
- If Google is owned by two Jews, why does it include links to antisemitic and racist websites?
- Theory of knowledge
- Passport types
- Disease in the age of exploration
September 5
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- Addressing a noblewoman
- Chinese Marriage
- Sad classical piece
- No changes
- Cannibalism
- Does everyone eventually fall in love with someone?
- What is a special commission
- Information on participation in Class Action lawsuits?
- War
- Monarchies
September 6
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- Alone on a quest narrative
- ACT/SAT
- Prostitution
- Family of William of Gellone
- Winston Churchill - had to earn a living?
- Homemade pomander
- Biblical quote
- Correlation between Oil Prices and Bond Yield.
- Finding "modest" feminine attire
- Maj.Gen.Ashmore
- Pregnancy Frog Test
- Sociology
- Purchase Ensure at PX?
September 7
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- "Impossible Symphony"
- What a president once said
- Is There Symbolism
- Lebanon, Syria and Iraq
- history greece
- medicine chinese
- Mansfield Park: Modern novels to compare with
- Query as to name of British Raj Culture
- Amsterdam's flag
- 'Ethnic' restaurants and the people they employ - can they discriminate on race? (in a UK context)
- how to start accounting or being the least bit organized
- Joint portraits of William and Mary
- I demand my money back
- Life imprisonment for bedwetting?
- anti cow slaughter bills in india
- Prison boats
- The Cold War
- United States Code and half mast during wartime
- Freud in modern Psychology
September 8
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- Age of enlistment -- US history
- human mentality after a worst incident
- 20 years to life
- Protection and care of the community
- classical sheetmusic
- When is someone considered to be "running for office" in the US, legally?
- Angels in the Bible
- Ask instead what you can do for your country.
September 9
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- Cricket cages
- Conversion rate for ancient French franc
- Brecht Remark on War and Modernism
- Does Prayers for Rain have any sequel info related to Gone Baby Gone
- Theoretical economic system
- Book and swearing
- e-mailing
- Black Death bon fires
- ID cards and the Holocaust
September 10
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- Colard, Belgium
- Roman Admiration/Adoption of Greek Culture
- QI
- Please help: My husband doesn't understand me; I have PTSD and was sexually abused from age 2-12
- Congress ratification of treaties
- Victim of fanaticism - Search for a painting
- Berlin pre-war buildings
- gov.
- gov 2
- De-sanctification of Barbara?
- opening a rehab center
- What's the catch?
September 11
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- One- and two-movement works for solo piano
- singapore dollar notes
- Blonde stag film
- What would the Milesians of Irish mythology have worn at the time of their invasion?
- Normal
- KIDNAPPING BUSINESS
- pre-1974 Coat of arms of Burma
- The Godfather part I's language
- Precolumbian Civilisations
- Date of creation
- Bill Gates / Warren Buffet visit to China
September 12
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- Lady of Mann
- Differences
- Amendments to the US constitution
- Der Prasident Des Landesbezirk Baden Heinrich Kohler Weihnachten 1947 1948
- is it still rape after the murder?
- Culture of poverty traits
- Painting based on Petrarchan conceit
September 13
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- American Citizenship
- Why tax capital gains less?
- Biography Request
- Philanthropy
- Irrational attachment to prior investment
- Ethics - are they universal or only species-dependant?
- Mosque near 9/11 grounds
September 14
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September 15
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- What other countries elect their president via an electoral college?
- Adoption by persons of same sex
- Gene Wolfe short story?
- Indian Partnership Act
- US senators
- Bronze-Age Spanish clothing?
- Melting down swords in Japan...?
- Inobtrusive classical music
September 16
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- Julian dates v Gregorian dates
- What do Los Angeles folk eat for breakfast?
- Valois in South America
- Dating in America
- How tall was Éamon de Valera?
- Voting in Dáil Éireann - or not
- Hannah Boone Pennington
- Unknown play
September 17
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- US$ to £—help me get the most out of it
- Plausible age for child to take "living together" (or any euphemism) literrally
- Papal Visits to Britain?
- On Eagle's Wing
- Translations of Beowulf
- Check over answers
- Holidays for dates
September 18
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- Open access?
- Unlicensed Driver
- Real Eastern European nation
- $20 in Taxi Driver
- Why no German empire?
- where can I listen to just this basic melody?
- Piano music
- Looking for identity of Poet and Poem circa 1920s
September 19
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- Musical question
- Trying to identify a film
- Trogia Gazzela
- What's this supposed to mean ?
- Balliols and the Infanta Alicia
- nina simone vs. jihad
- Tischreden online?
- How is the African union funded?
- Catholic Church List of Banned Books
- Japanese Invasion of Alaska in World War 2
- No Kings
- Soviet Wartime (?) Song
- Medieval Paleographic “Identifont”
- Corporate personhood in Canada
September 20
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- Marx's ecclesiastic friend?
- Plainclothes nuns
- Chinese Christians
- What's the smallest element copyrightable/trademarkable?
- US City in Canada
September 21
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- Name of This Byam Shaw Painting
- Using representation other than a Native Title Representative Body
- Graduate Medical Education
September 22
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- Parallel tracks on seafloor? File:2003-3d-hawaiian-islands-usgs-i2809.jpg
- Dutch West India Company.
- Russian Motorways
- Super-Injunctions in the UK
- advice for starting a wiki with porn images
- Any examples of successful legal ban that has eliminated a crime-ridden "social problem"?
- 2 questions
September 23
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- Religion
- American Revolution
- What police incident was this?
- question about if america ever had a planned invasion of Europe in case their relationship turned hostile??
September 24
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- Assonance Picture
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the UN General Assembly
- Bicep chain
- Republicanism in Australia versus Canada
- Identify Thing
- London Mayoral Elections
- Archie and anti-Oshoism
- Military might of Iran compared to Iraq
- Difference between Cape, Mantle and Cloak ??
September 25
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- Numbers Game
- Medieval Italian town map - Pavia
- I believe I am a relative of the founder of Miller Arkansas
September 26
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- Business day
- Reopening a closed corporation in California
- Is it even True ?
- Rosenberg map
- Where did a bishop "reign" ??
- academic citation
- Founding documents of other nations inspired/derived from the U.S. Constitution?
September 27
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- Lost license
- What makes a musical performance great?
- Rate of growth: population vs. investment
- is a zippo lighter supposed to turn on when you open it?
- Ideology
- Normal types of WHAT?
- Global banding
September 28
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- Germanian People's ( tribes )
- Tiptree titles
- Portrait identification
- Countries
- can you give a company money?
- Muslims of Southeast Asia
- Mr. Speaker
- Socrates on Melos?
- America entering the downside?
September 29
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- Moscow's former mayor
- Visas For Medical Treatment In the United States
- Kitty Kiernan
- Geography/Travel question
- Use of 'Indian' to refer not only to natives of the Americas, but other indigenes
- Choosing a 1950s standard of living
- India visa
- cars industry maps
- cuban history
- Clock in tower bongs 13 times
September 30
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- Polygamy in Jamaica
- Acceptance of pedophilia
- Question on source
- Geography/History Question
- Is Feminism and Misandry one and the same thing ?
- MEPs affecting who can become president of Hungary?
- Ayodhya Verdict
- Alternate names for the Kingdoms of England and France in fiction. Any suggestions?
- International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence#Public_hearings
- famous examples of parents who abused or neglected their children?
- Akihabara massacre
- SAT essay writing
- Trial of adolescents as adults
- Motto of the Netherlands
- CEGEP Curriculum