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September 1
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- Does a smoker cost more or less for public healthcare than a non-smoker?
- Navarrese colonial empire?!?
- ROMNEY / RYAN
- Where does Hamid Karzai's clothing come from?
- trying to remember a term - Someone's Syndrome
- Holocaust
- Political Debate
- how did people choose colors for technicolor?
- UK and Eire police cars
- NRA codes
- Is nuclear power competitive without huge government subsidies?
September 2
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- Yemen and Iran
- Urban-rural linked to liberal-conservative
- How come there has been so few female dictators throughout history?
- Odd coat of arms
- De Vrije Katheder, Nazi-occupied Netherlands
- Southern vs. Northern Whites in the U.S.
- filtering coffee by pouring from one cup to another
- How many Countries worldwide?
- Chinese surnames and ancestry
- Swedish House of Holstein-Gottorp
- How Come the U.S.S.R. Didn't Annex Mongolia Like It Did WIth Tuva?
- Blue Stripe in the Red South
- Was the Cuban intervention on african independence wars an act of solidarity or something else?
- Historical Religion Data for the U.S. Before 1948
September 3
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- Freemasonic influence on the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow?
- CIA headquarters in Alabama, or at least offices
- Cost of a burial plot at Willesden Jewish Cemetery (UK)
- TICLAUDIUS CAESAR
- Breasts and kissing
September 4
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- Recycling cans and bottles in California
- Have there ever been a killer in history with down syndrome?
- Did Kevin Mitnick made an internet-accessing device from a radio receiver when he was in jail?
- Religion and the U.S. Census
- Legality of the Awlaki Killings
- Synchronization of calendars between civilizations throughout history
- How Come France Was Extremely Angry at Germany for Taking Alsace-Lorraine in 1871
- Category for the President of Pakistan
- Ganesh Chaturthi
- Calculus
September 5
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- Marriage rights and religion
- African Americans in rural Nevada
- Possible HK Bone Marrow Foundation article.
- Monogamy
- Statute of limitations and extradition in Germany
- What's the main difference between massacre and shooting spree
- Religious Violence
- How can people who were born deaf learn to read?
- Preference for sex-based nudity
- Longest European constitution
- Papal influence
- Understanding Intelligent Design/Creationism?
- Written record
September 6
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- Genre painter "Aimé Dalleizette" of Switzerland.
- Grass hula skirts
- Is there a link between no photography policies and freedom of panorama (or lack thereof)?
- Can't the U.S. send drones to destroy the Iranian nuclear facilities?
- Sources of Law
- A question about the Westroads Mall shooting
- Did Queen Victoria ever wear a Crinoline?
- The post of early modern spies
- First Indian reservation in the United States
- Are serial killers smart or just lucky?
September 7
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- How Come it Took Until WWI for African-Americans to Start Moving Out of the Southern U.S. in Large Numbers?
- Sumerian burial
- Canada severs ties with Iran, where to put this
- Who's militarily stronger?
- Seperate civilian and military departments for national defense
- Status of the princesses of Japan
- Changing course of the river Thames over the last 1000 years
September 8
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September 9
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- Shinnoke and Oke
- Greatest Age Difference Between Meeting a Famous Person and One's Own Death
- Converts to Judaism in Areas Under Nazi Control During World War II
- Minorities in France
- Widest river bisecting a city?
- Reform, Conservative parties in Israel
- Cory Monteith
- Question about the Columbine massacre
- Books on Indophobia and anti-Pakistan sentiments
- Good, reliable articles/online pages about the 2004 and 2008 U.S. presidential elections
September 10
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- Title of WW2 novel
- US post-WWI "trench-war litterature" ?
- Could a former two-term President run for election if a repealing of terms limits was also on the ballot?
- History of capital gains tax long-term holdings discount
- Rationale behind women-only chess touraments?
- "Hey girl... you look as though you have no Boutroses - and it happens that I have one to spare..."
- Prince of Nassau Siegen
- Should Canadians fear Iranian response to the severance of relations?
September 11
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- Since the internet and public libraries have everything theoretical that's taught in college
- Why is it Considered Indecent for a Woman to Expose Her Nipples?
- Can't "Insider trading" rules be easily evaded?
- Infant formula -> To Autism? Why no study?
- Sexual attraction and ethnicity
- All the world's geniuses
- Twelve Tables
- Who took this picture?
September 12
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- Edward G. Robinson + feeding pigs = in what film ?
- International waters on the Great Lakes?
- Why do most republics have ceremonial presidents?
- Russian patronyms
- Religious police in Saudi Arabia, do they carry firearms?
- Is the economy a "renewable resource"?
- John Nash 's "Over the top" : what precise date ?
- What were the methods of collecting public housing rent in the 1960s/70s in the UK?
- Euro/US dollar comparison
- Protestants majority nations
- Roman Catholic majority nations
September 13
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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- compositional balance vs composition
- Can I be Regarded as a Philosopher being an Autodidact?
- Baja California and the Mexican-American War
- Does Anyone remember his Name ?
- Cory Monteith and categories
- How many Canada's and UK's soldiers have died in Afghanistan?
- Ethiopian
- Best performance by a Communist party in a free election
- EU border crossing rule
- Looking for a novel
- The "wandering Arabs and Tartar hordes" of 1869 Pennsylvania
September 14
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- Finance fraud- - bank account fraud not located
- Has al Qaeda ever threatened Canada or not?
- What keeps homeschooling parents in the US honest when grading kids' work?
- Tax laws and system in Canada
- Remarriage to the same person
- Who's a stronger ally of the U.S. in the Middle East
- Coptic/Ethiopian Church
- Innocence of Muslims
- Ghost stories
September 15
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- Refs for Citizens United backfire?
- Slave trade of women in Mexico
- Historical evidence for religious founders
- Searching Historical USSR Censuses
- How much $/credit-hour are the cheapest online courses in the United States?
- Why hasn't the euro's value plunged?
- If you join the U.S. Army, can you choose to stay at home
- NASA has archaeologists on the payroll?
- Canada's foreign policy, Iran, Israel ...
- YouTube question
- majority seats Knesset
- What's the most accurate death toll for serial killer Ted Bundy?
September 16
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- PDFA and tobacco and alcohol money
- US Marine guards at embassies
- Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV
- List of seats of lower house of the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Iceland, Belgium, and Knesset
- Could there be another Ted Bundy in these times with all the technology and criminal profiling?
- September 11 attacks, did the hijackers carry firearms?
- How many people died on board the flights on the September 11 attacks before the planes crashed
- Foreign interventions
- Prince Alemayehu
- Archive of historical North-South conflicts?
September 17
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- Norwegian and Danish crime writers' works in English
- "Let him speak up now or be silent for ever"
- Martin Luther and good husbandry
- If Ayman al-Zawahiri were killed or caught, would it mean the end of al Qaeda?
- Can we replace the purely mathematical technical language and concept in dealing with philosophical logic which is not symbolic?
- The ethics of increasing medical school positions when # of residency positions guarantees many won't match
- How does a person preach the gospel to someone else?
- Book on feminism/gender equality?
- Alien nationals in a warfaring country in the early modern era?
- unknown ranks
September 18
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- Large modern conflict zones
- Crato descendants
- Source for use of "race" in U.S. ouside Census
- How is propositional, formal, mathematical, etc., different to philosophical logic?
- "The AF PX Spring Sale! Buy One, Get One Hundred Free! All-You-Can-Eat Sushi Bar!!!!! While Supplies Last!"
- Canonical Works of Literature
- USATEMCOM
- Sidewalk with roof?
- Political parties of Israel mizrahi sephardi reform conservative non-zionism
- Either the Calendar is wrong or the Clock is. It's that simple.
- famous & mean book reviews
- UN General Assembly Chamber
- Honolulu in 1840
September 19
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- Was Dewey defeats Truman retracted?
- Public and private Campaign financing
- Jewish Holy Sites in an Israeli-Palestinian Peace Treaty
- What kind of shark saves a human?
- A ring of forts
September 20
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- Is the difference of philosopher to metaphysics/ethics/epistemology writer just lies with the entitlement
- City planning and trees that line the street
- 'combo' copy of the LDS Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price - use?
- passage about locomotives mating (in the carnal sense) from Samuel Butler?
- Homer
- The American fighting machine
- Is there a deadline to stop
persecutinginvestigatin the whereabout of any nazis? - hedge fund
September 21
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- Majority number of seats in Chamber of Deputies
- What should I write for more specific citations of this text?
- Can anyone identify this 'barbarian-warrior' engraved artwork?
- Another Lou Gehrig's disease ?
- Duchess of Windsor
- Were Native American tribes able to start fires before Europeans arrived?
September 22
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- remembering a fallen hero in an American national memorial
- A symbol to denote Adjusted for Inflation?
- July 19 1937 as the start of WWII
- Buddhism sources.
- Economic Sources
- Identifying an old Irish Abbey from picture/pictures I took and you could keep of an Irish Abbey not listed in your county list of abbeys
- Non-Hispanic Black & Non-Hispanic Asian Populations for U.S. Cities Since 1970
- Football Coach quote "I'm not growing [type of flower] I'm growing men"
September 23
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- Corporate tax rate and hiring costs
- Evangelicalism in the US
- Who made this curse? (shown on PBS about 10-15 years ago)
- Names with ordinal numbers
- Capital punishment
- Critique of Jared Diamond
- Laudabiliter
- could i pay for internet tv like satellite tv
- Newfoundland Act 1949
- United States Politicians With Notability in Other Fields
- Full metal jacket, the film, and real training
September 24
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- Early voting and changing votes in the U.S
- Hitler's Pope and The Myth of Hitler's Pope
- For term or traditional logician; Can term logic be sufficient to be the content of philosophy in dealing with central philosophical topics?
- Interpreting the old testament
- Monogamy as part of culture
- Gadsby copyright concern
- Laughter
September 25
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- Thucydides on religion
- Question on history of aviation
- A new or an old social class?
- Embassy premises sharing
September 26
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- Muslim dominated neighbourhoods in Europe
- Lockouts in general
- UK wealth tax proposal
- Relative frequency of male prostitution
- Free speech vs fair elections
- how dual licensing works
- First African Woman Novelist is from Imo state
- Ndlovukati
- Charitable contributions
- Relevance in Buddhism
September 27
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- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Shahada
- Possible to buy New York Times in Seattle in 1910?
- European Defence Agency - estimated savings
- @ recipient
- What exactly does pragmatism states of logic?
- Infanta Mariana Francisca of Portugal and Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal
- Peace, man
- Book about bees
September 28
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- Math
- Emergency dispatchers
- Property Rights Question
- Bart Simpson's grossest foods
- Handly's Lessee v. Anthony
- United States electoral college system
- Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic religiosity
- British royals and languages
September 29
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- Mizrahi and sephardi jews neighbourhoods in Israel
- candidates Israel election Shas and Meretz Parties
- candidates each political parties last elections Sweden Norway Denmark Belgium Netherlands Italy Spain Portugal
- Government opposition to a private member's bill in the Parliament of the UK
- Pain in babies
September 30
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