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August 1
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- Map of 50 new states for the USA
- China vs United States economic management
- Cyrus Cylinder
- Source of Terence McKenna quotes?
- Incredulity
- WW2 protests against segregation
August 2
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- Starving in Britain
- First to claim prayer is ineffective?
- Hair removal in ancient time
- Status quo
- Job Creation
- The American debt
- Copyright, Canada: can this image be made PD?
August 3
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- Why is the phrase "I'm going to the city" applied only to Manhattan, but not to the Bronx as well historically speaking?
- Contacting a New York Times journalist
- Somalia aid
- Laborism
- James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
- 12 Angry Men (1957 film)
- Markets "attacking" bonds
- United States presidents turning 50 in office
August 4
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- Literary firsts
- Successful lottery investor
- KNIGHTS - HOW EXACTLY DID THEY DIFFER FROM BARONS AND COUNTS/EARLS IN THE MIDDLE AGES?
- UK VAT number
- THE ENTRANCE OF NEW NATION IN ABIA AND IMO STATE OF NIGERIA
- French cheese
- School Library Journal?
- Hostile legislative riders
- Shields up!
- UK Government bonds
August 5
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- Looking for t the name of the Original Artist of a painting
- Pol Pot
- Was it morganatic or not?
- Economics still deficient in explaining predicting or controlling current events?
- Medical Arts
- Non-new Catholic dioceses without cathedrals
August 6
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- United Kingdom
- Flags!
- Jewish support for Hitler?
- Tiny European countries
- besieging a castle
- Birth and death dates for Jessie Lemont Trausil, translator of poems by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Shielded Soldiers
- What is it called when the church is ruling a nation or state? what kind of government is this?
- Low inflation increases the real value of debts
August 7
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- GDP from the fourth to first quarter
- Which is the most powerful and dangerous...
- Ciano's claims
- Date of the peak of British relative power and prestige?
- Subconcious Part of the MInd.
- Economic growth
- Becoming braver
- Airports named after people who died in airplane crashes
- 19th century US senator cheating on his wife
August 8
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- Stocks, 10% cheaper
- Headquarters of Westmont Hospitality Group
- container size change
- Politely declining flattery
- Uncharted territory?
- Page 280 of The Golden Compass (aka Northern Lights)
- Karl Marx - last laugh?
August 9
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- riots in Camden, Notting Hill and Ealing
- London riots
- Facebook, Yahoo Mail, YouTube - Profit
- Hawaii and Britain
- How could Dan Brown make such a mistake?
- outside ancient Rome
- self sufficient nation
- British police
- What is this Art movement called?
- If the central bank interests is lower than the gov. bond interest...
August 10
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- Addition to O. Henry article
- Making allegations in fiction and poetry
- DELHI POLICE
- Australian national debt data
- Is there a list of all verses of the bible by earliest date of appearance in manuscript?
- In what story does Jesus pull a man out of a hole?
August 11
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- Rotation method
- Dictators in Africa/anti-dictators
- Question on vandalism
- Legality of vandalism
- when did Jesus realize he was the Messiah?
- Wikipedia administrator
- Danish government report on the costs and benefices of immigration
- Buyers and Sellers
August 12
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- Where are some fine places online to solicit charity donations?
- Bacchus and the Ganges
- Dangerous guiness record
- Bans in Saudi Arabia
- Robert Arbuthnot
- Grammar: United States debt-ceiling crisis
- tip jar
- British uprising
- hiatus in presidential deaths
- Is it a logical problem, or just me? (w. spoiler of The Subtle Knife)
- Climbing an hierarchy
August 13
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- The Gunpowder Plot - was the king behind it?
- Weather Service Modernization Act of 1992
- Myth of Witch Drowning
- Middle ages land of nobles - acres and size
- UK-US population ratio
August 14
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August 15
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- Word
- Good map of area controlled by Libyan rebels?
- Living with Victorian amenities and Old Guns (2 questions)
- Parade calls
- Political corruption
- Studies about the point at which foreign nationals and their descendents become considered locals
August 16
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- Significance and use of Buddhist bead bracelets?
- Comdemned criminal sueing the government in a civil court
- Library book cover
- chart for sum total of income
- Temporarily embarrassed millionaires
- taxes based on relative poverty/riches
August 17
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- Ararat
- Powerful Acids and Bases known to Bronze-Age cultures?
- Diplomatic relations without an embassy
- 2 Questions; Flag of Serbia
- Papal Salary
- Did Congress repeal the CLASS act?
- Last line of poem: "and the _, the _, the_."
- Bar graph for income
- Austria and Hungary
August 18
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- Jung Sceptic?
- Austria-Hungary ethnic groups
- Catholic Church and Reading the Bible
- Name of a tort
- Japanese Soldiers waiting for a victory that never came
- Anyone ever collapsed or died on the trading floor of the NYSE?
- Mecca and gambling
- Percent of Population Working in Agriculture in 1300s / Early 1400s
- Is it legal to.....
- Thomas Ball
- head of state salary
- Why doesn't the U.S. release employment data day by day, not once a month?
- Long lasting subArfican leaders
- Did the Zulu use bows?
August 19
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- The Euro
- Did Abraham Lincoln have ties with the South and slavery?
- Modern French colonies
- Why are Australians proud of their criminal ancestors?
- Can you be a member of the US Congress and a state officer or representative at the same time?
- Largest economy with no loans
August 20
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- Restaurant worker pouring dirty water down a sewage drain
- What the hell?..
- American Historical Association
- Legal status of strange US law
- Traditional pareve dessert
- Term for scholarly study of children
- Homecoming and prom dress lengths for formality
August 21
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- Why is right collar over left?
- Conservative/libertarian awards
- Why can't Keynes and Hayek both be right?
- Minimum wage and the gold standard
- Has anyone heard of the poet B. Tresz?
- Relative prevalence of child sexual offenders in general populace versus in the Catholic clergy? (Western societies only)
- Ica, Peru Mayoral Election Candidates
- cult symbols
August 22
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- Pointless English eccentricity: To the Manor Born
- War Powers Resolution lawsuit
- When did Babylon die?
- International Criminal Court and domestic prosecution
- Scipio Africanus brother
- Enron - Enterprise Risk Management
- Storage Wars
- cultural mixing
- paramilitary/terrorist groups and their opposition to drugs
August 23
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- Egg on the sidewalk
- Spanish Civil War deaths
- How could refinancing when market value < mortgage value not be scam
- Russian debt to CZ?
- Journalistic Usage: Borders or State Lines?
August 24
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- US debt to China
- "Our ancestors died for our freedom"
- Owning stock in all (or most) available companies
- Dramatic History
- literature the chronicles of narnia the lion the witch and the wardrobe
- Underground Railroad Notable Locations
- Gravestone materials
- France Arab significant population
- Wikipedian
- Coprolalia in Japan?
- Inflation without increase of money supply
August 25
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- What happens when 2 parties in different countries are utterly unhappy with each other
- Totem Poles
- has anyone memorized the entire Bible?
- "First pea/pee I have taken" joke
- Soviet veto?
- Arabs and Somalis and Africans in Libya
- Africans in Belgium
- Immigrants in Netherlands
- Academia and change of name
August 26
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- North Vietmaneese tanks in the Vietnam War
- In Great-Britain, monument to the dead soldiers after Islandhwana ?
- John Westlake on enemy subjects
- how to uncover spy
- Jesus Christ
- Number of Tribes and Reservations in the United States
- The Point of the Compact of Free Association
- High Chief vs Chief
- Wich date of the race is correct?
- US airforce, served Germany
- China
August 27
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- Saint Mary Lake, Montana
- income amount and number of persons
- Last stands etc
- Syphax
- acting in the 16th century
- Company X offers to buy company Y - company Y's shares go up?
- Artist search
- Geography/GK question
- Jewish views on working on the Sabbath
- Scipio Africanus and the mutiny at Sucro, 206 BC
- Intro to Sufism
- Death of Gaddafi?
August 28
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- Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh
- Gaddafi and Rice
- Gaddafi's whereabouts
- Looking for relatives in Germany
- Zecco can't give a history of stocks' asking prices. Anyplace that will?
August 29
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- maximum revenue scheme
- Mid-Pacific Magazine
- The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards
- Gath. (city).... Goliath
- Libyan Regionalism
- Intentionally blank pages at the beginning and end of a book
- Hotel Room Rquirements Indiana
- Debating tactic?
- Fairer sex?
- Socrates: true or false quote
August 30
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- Inflation: people on debt vs. people debt-free
- Public doman paintings of plum blossom trees
- Is China the only country in the world which keeps the exact number of their executions a state secret?
- Anglican saints
- America and George III's insanity
- price increases
- Where can I find information on bride-bedding relevent to 16th century Scotland?
- Personalized self help books
- effeminacy
- The Washington Naval Conference
- Hindi ज्ञ jñ
August 31
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- Quick onset of irreligiosity in Quebec
- concept of double punishment for one and same cause of action
- United States Veto and Iraqi Economic Sanctions
- A Level results: ranking students
- Do you need planning permission to park a caravan on UK green belt land?
- Sucro, Spain
- celebration of Eid ul-Fitr 2011
- Addresses of Aérospatiale and BAC