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November 1
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- Aftermath of the Great Society
- sponge brain
- assignment
- Legality of castration in the UK
- Nirvana
- Condensed Readers Digest
- Are there any negative connotations to "respecting elders"?
- Dwight D. Eisenhower and African Americans
- Euphemia of Pomerania and Christopher II of Denmark
November 2
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- Are there any atheists that loves religion
- The Queen and security clearance
- Complexity of creation and creator
- Plato's politics
- the longest walk in Keds
- Identification in Simultaenous Equation Models
November 3
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- Regions of Population Growth/Decline in France
- summary of the world political situation, snowden revelations
November 4
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- Importance of F-117A shootdown? Greatest victory in the history of warfare?
- Why doesn't the Army fake Taliban chatter?
- search for the meaning of life
- Survivors of the Holocaust
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Case citation help needed
November 5
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- Restoration of the Monarchy after the English Civil War
- This continues to bother me.
- Does the Korean War which started on 25 June 1950 continue thru this day?
- "Eleventh hour" armistice
- Okay this time for real
- Novel ridiculing a character convinced of his self-importance
- Joesph McCarthy HUAC hearings
- Why no special elections for US executives (president, governor...)
November 6
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- Someone in ancient times predicting cars & airplanes.
- Old Shoreham
- centuries
- What is the origin of represent getting an idea by a light bulb?
- unusual spy stories?
November 7
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- Arguments from authority
- African Americans dressing up for church
- Napoleon French Language
- "Essential Health Benefits" in Obamacare
- Looking for information on hosting e-archives in the cloud.
November 8
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- Deities
- Legislative vetoes in the USA
- Different exchange rates
- The smartest entity ever, with the exception of Spike Jones (or Peter Cook) eating alone.
- How did lawyers earn a bad stereotype of being immoral and being liars?
- Contemporary War Titles
November 9
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- Do some primitive diet people really try to acclimate to rotten meat?
- Looking for someone to verify the contents of an article
- website problem
- Is the Constitution of Brunei the Basic law of Brunei?
- Did the value of Iranian dinar coins grow tenfold in 1932?
November 10
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- Alternatives to the capitalism-socialism scale in political theory
- Rulers which conquered the most
- High Anglican use of the Ave Maria
- Questions about World War 2: How old were some of the youngest cadets in Canada in the war at the time
November 11
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- Indirect consequentialism and general human irrationality
- Divorce in Ireland
- Man who battled the sea
November 12
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- help me identify this (traditional?) melody.
- Does anyone have any idea what Akrit Jaswal does now?
- emily warren paintings
- Fatimah
- Suicide of Amanda Todd
- What does Muslim proselytism look like?
- Do well-educated American Black people lose their African American Vernacular Accent?
- Black towns and cities in North Africa
- Crossing the Bering Strait
November 13
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- Volcanism
- Good book on the development of the canon
- Anglican Latin and Byzantine Church Bazaars
- 6¼¢ in 1815
- Do Roman Catholics have a higher tendency to engage in social justice than other types of Christians?
- Sir Sandford Fleming (surveyer) & Ian Fleming (James Bond & British Intelligence Officer)
- Can a non-Black person who is adopted into a Black family at a young age be considered part of the "African American" culture and thus ethnically "African American"?
- Are churches racially segregated?
November 14
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- Orthodox Jewish women wearing sandals
- Yugoslav leader/politician actually offering independence to Slovenes and Croats in 1920s?
- Translations of the Missale Romanum
November 15
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- Speaking in the House of Lords
- Speaker of the House - power over introducing bills
- Telephone manners
- Second most painted person in history
- International trade in the 17th century
November 16
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- Who is an "officer" of a corporation? Is there a formal definition?
- Commonwealth and the United States
- Scientific research on the formation of correct theories that had too little information
- "Satan" (1829) - painting by John Partridge, English artist
November 17
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- totila's siege of rome
- Is Islamism typically considered right-wing...
- equal temperament math question.
November 18
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- Islamic scholars giving lectures in French
- James Le Jeune date of death etc.
- Neolithic revolution vs Industrial Revolution...Which demographic explosions for a given territory?
- Private property a new phenomenon
- Is it possible to be a theologically liberal Fundamentalist Christian?
- Where are the real ten commandments?
November 19
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- Medical "norms" and the thought of inhering natural rights advocates?
- Are Stephen Schwarzschild and Henry Schwarzschild brothers?
- Summer vacation of US Congress
- Saudi Arabia
- Philosophy
- PD-USGov satellite images
- The Boundary Between Judaism and Christianity
November 20
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- Historical Statistics of/for Various Large Countries
- Prehistoric Europe article
- corruption of boardmembers in a non-profit organization-SPCA
- Name for a human position
- Obamacare and job loss
November 21
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- Handgun handle angle
- logistically, what difficulties would moving Israel entail?
- Verified cases of passenger landing commercial jet
- Is there a Sir Quiller-Couch character in J.M. Barrie's book Peter and Wendy ?
- The official list of most interesting things
- Important figures buried in present-day Israel
- Which Pope worshipped Satan?
November 22
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- Products "shipped" vs "sold"
- What if the King dies before the heir apparent is born?
- Does this economic data on "Arabs" involve Chaldeans?
- Charles Martel of Anjou
November 23
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- Former sovereign citizens
- Sunni Muslims into Shi'a Muslims
- Missing in article http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Royal_College,_Colombo
November 24
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November 25
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- Countries With (Attempted) Large-Scale Territorial Expansion/Enlargement Since 1800
- Sharecropping
- Presidents/statesmen featured on US dollar bills
- Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
- "Against God's will"
- Final scene / climax in Hamlet
- What Iran sanctions are these?
- Geneva interim agreement on Iranian nuclear program
November 26
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- Presidential laws
- Ambassador Berlusconi
- General citing style used in the hard sciences
- Maldives Greater India
November 27
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- Ottoman invasion of Italy
- Jain encyclopedia
- Unknown Concept/Philosophy
- Algerian cuisine other influence
November 28
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- Leased Vehicles crossing US border
- Recruitment during war and peace
- the lynx
- When will an article of "The Economist" become a public domain piece?
- Emperor Franz Joseph I's Cause of Death
November 29
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- Scholarly article on religion and horror vacui?
- Missing U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Census Records for 1917/1920
- Alchitrof, Emperor of Ethiopia
- Security camera - what does the law say?
November 30
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