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August 1
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- Essays on Insurance Industry
- Who was Prince Maqhubu Dlamini?
- turkmenistan
- Looking for a term used for a type of person
- Lineage and possible inherited disease questiom
- German cultural institutions in Prague
- Forced population shifts in Biblical period
August 2
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- Antigone the Play
- Stock movements in earnings season
- DBZ
- US Senate
- USS Nimitz
- Bengali Muslim surnames
- Scientology inspiration
- Officer-elect
August 3
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- Death of a presidential candidate
- Pizza Hut and McDonald's
- Is Michael Stone (psychiatrist) American?
- Nudity question
- Indians head bobbing while speaking
August 4
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- Western Wedding Customs Question
- Free historical trading data
- Would United States help Australia in a War?
- Mohammed
- Dramatic choral piece
- California's name change by usage method
- Did George VI ever have a coronation portrait?
- Ismene
August 5
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- Why is Sweden considered the most irreligious?
- Extra Terrestrial Contact - USA Government Reaction?
- Number of computers
- What's profitable about common stocks that don't pay dividends?
- Futher nudity question
August 6
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August 7
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- Contemporary Authors
- Isis adventure
- Among the liberators of the Auschwitz KL
- Canadian Idenity
- What's gonna happen to Obama's senate seat?
- Religions seeking temporal immortality
August 8
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August 9
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- Fining an estate
- What might "K.H." stand for?
- calculating millionaires
- Klangfarbenmelodie or not?
- Was Charlemagne declared Roman Dictator?
- Web/blogs on insurance industry to assist in assignments
- Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia
- Bengali Kshatriya
- Afro-Arab
- Kierkegaard on television
- If the stock exchange is like a casino, where is the roulette?
- Making summaries, abstracts and indexes as a profession
- Name of piece of music
- Sodomy
August 10
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- Even further nudity question
- Carriage 1920 Circa
- has a binding contract been formed between New-Wheels Ltd and Easyclean for the sale of the van at £12,000.
- Whites living in South Africa
- Historical Occupation
- Elizabeth II and the british and predecessor royal familiy
- How did Hamlet kill the king?
- leteratures
August 11
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- Jacquelen Kennedy Onassis
- History of violence
- What flag/symbol is this?
- US State
- Circles of Hell
- Germany's municipal library and WWII
- Killing people
- WWII and the theft of a priceless chest
August 12
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- japan's stand on unconditional aid.
- The Crown
- Source for quote
- Muslim pet owners
- Nazi photo manipulation?
August 13
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- Assam and Maulana bhasani
- What was the "travel-bureau" mentioned in Jack Kerouac's "On the Road"?
- Joseph Stalin
- Rite of Spring Groups
- Carolyn Kennedy
- (American view of Russians)?
- Caroline B Kennedy Schlossberg
August 14
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- What legally constitutes a parade?
- Name of Children's Picture Book
- Witch Trials in Sweden
- Trading on an American exchange
- Wendigo
- King Arthur and the Dark Age.
- The worm will turn
- Painter Identification
- Dark Age History
- Six Exercises of a Scholar
August 15
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- Wole Soyinka - Background and Friezes
- Iranian Religions
- Series 7 Exam vs. the CSC
- United Kingdom defence spending
- Disney aid
- Two Olympic Questions
- Breuner Airfield
- technology and its impact on unemployment
August 16
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- concession fees
- Can't remember what it's called...
- Diminishing marginal utility of education
- Who was Zhongyin (仲尹)?
- Mulatto Arabs
- When beinb discharged, how would military label field of op. for covert work?
- German Vordiplom in the UK or US
- Wigan
- Law question
August 17
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- Historical hair: men's top knot
- Term White in US Surveys
- Huns in Europe
- Porn model rape
- Question: Comprehensive Resource Providing Profile/ID of Corporations and Organizations
- Finding a sculptor?
- Sand castle
- London 2012 - games of the XXX Olympiad
- history of 'year' dating
- bloodmoor suffolk england
August 18
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- geography
- Ulster Plantation
- Can Musharraf be judged and receive a death sentence?
- Ancient government systems
- How easy is it to get a job in the EU outside the UK and Ireland if you only speak English?
- Biblical Prophecies
August 19
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- oil paintings
- Quote!
- Why do many men prefer blue eyed, blonde women with pale skin?
- 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
- Poverty and prosperity
- Long Feet
- Esso & CAA
August 20
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- re Russia/Georgia conflict
- Executive power
- Question!
- Roman Empire
- law question
- Meaning of life?
- first aid
- Russia's threats regarding the missle defense base in Poland
- Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
August 21
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- Conservatism in the United States
- Family History
- Dead body outlined in chalk at a crime scene
- 1005
- What's Dalai Lama's nationality?
August 22
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- Cousheries
- Historical estimates of marginal propensities to consume
- Counsel's notebook
- What is Shiv Sena stand on gays in Mumbai
August 23
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- date of Jewish New Year 2008
- Ancient Rome capital punishment
- Nihilism
- Dia de los Muertos
- Nastia Liukin
- Politician attributes
- Mystery airplane
- Political system without new laws (ie. unchanging consitution)?
- Denmark and its shape
- What is the average size of a woman's breasts?
- Non Residents Pakistanis, Indian and Sri Lankans
August 24
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- How culture and language contributes in the making of nationalism?
- Did Ancient Egypt control any part of Asia?
- Barack Obama's "Present" Votes
- Russian shirt - Dr Zhivago...
- Military Uniforms
- Organizational behavior management program
- Who memorized Homer?
- Turning 100 bucks into 1 million
- What is the easiest way to get a job in the UK?
- Keeping surname after marriage in Spain
- Avast, mateys
- crucifixion
- The Holocaust after the Holocaust
- name of liability law code
August 25
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- India
- The Sinking of the Lusitania
- Happy Third Humanities Desk Anniversary!
- Raising the Chinese flag
- Viking Helmets
- Diplomatic immunity for governors of provinces in Ancient Rome
- Discriminative Discount?
- Movie Name
- Marguerite de la Roque
August 26
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- Question about an Italian monk (or priest) who built an aqueduct in the 1960s in Africa
- Slayer rule for titles?
- Christian Universalism
- Kievan sculpture story, please
- how HR is profitable to any company````
- Canadian politics
- God's Kingdom and Islam
- Tafsir Bible?
- What is used in making Plaid Decorator Glaze?
- Image at royal.gov.uk, Two kings shaking hands
- Software Trademark Law
August 27
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- Lovecraft/Cthulhu Mythos.
- WTC steel cross
- Hearing aids
- Government sans parties
- The electoral college (USA)
- Identifying 17th century portrait painter
- Constitution Party (United States)
August 28
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- Prophet Daniel
- Oldest epic found
- PALOMA - Mascot of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City - a white on black dove or a red jaguar?
- Workplace environment restrictions
- US GDP Inputs - % Breakdown?
- Why is Jeffrey Dahmer a murderer of children?
- Americans with health insurance denied coverage
- Communal politics.
- When is there only a judge and when is there a jury?
- the angel of the lord
August 29
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- Barack Hussein Obama's Name
- GPL and Works of the Federal Government
- Sources on the social history of England in the high middle ages
- Friendships
August 30
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- Economies of scale in philanthropy
- Christian Universalism in Sydney
- Guinness
- Public nudity in the United States
- Constitution of India
- In Roman time
- Name of a Greek Citizen in Ancient Greek Society and his occupation
- from Beyond Good and Evil
- Loking for information about the roles of a police officer, probation officer within the youth offending serice please.
August 31
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- Large Religious Faction absent from the Christianity Portal
- Public domain MP3OGG JapaneseChineseGreek music for download?
- Eurasians in Japan
- Odd vote in a U.S. political convention roll call
- Who do you think you are?
- Greek to Turkish
- ALGER HISS
- Last year of peace in recorded history? Was there really ever one?
- Old Norse litterary/ historical reference for "Blokumannaland"
- What are the world's earliest known silly songs?
- Open Flag