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October 1
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- How many black African immigrants in India and China?
- Blacks in South America
- Economics research
- 5 most important dates in classical antiquity
- monks walk
- Afro-Arab
- Presidential nominee
- When did Indians start moving to England?
- Architect
- Plato and Aristotle on Knowledge
- teosophy and root races
October 2
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- Psychological self-treatment
- Nigerian press
- Dass local government
- Open meeting vs closed meeting
- ¿ Is “ textual ” copy of the Bible ?
October 3
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- uncommitted ohio voters
- Hawaii Prepaid Healthcare Act
- Treasury_security#TIPS
- Titanic (1997 film)
- Indigenous patterns throughout Central America
- Chinese in Africa
- Pyramid
- Islam fasting and activities
- What is this symbol?
- Back issues of Irano-Judaica?
- If two gay consenting adults have sex in KSA, is it illegal?
- Baron George Wrangell
October 4
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- jocasta
- The Man Who Liked Dickens
- Affair of the Diamond Necklace question
- David Gisser
- Sistine chapel ceiling - classification requested
- McCain as Maverick
October 5
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- Today's bailout verses the 1929 depression
- English Consumer Law
- London railway station logos
- is there any user with astrology and magick knowledge?
- Why isn't this little girl....
- Election of 1824 electoral college
- book a rabbi carries
October 6
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- New Photographic Genre (style), undeclared, as such, anywhere...
- Short story called "The Mnemone"
- Political careers
- companies for $0.99c
- hindu
- Politics and Tribalism
- Clock painting
- Afro-Desi
October 7
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- Existing Gulags?
- Industries open to the world to compete in but utterly dominated by a region or cultural bloc
- Treasury bonds' risk
- Offline information
- Proof of address
- do violinists get callouses the way guitar players do?
- fly"s eye dome
- When was the last time Michigan voted for a Republican presidential candidate?
- politic in USA
- Searching for an article on the problem of bearerless names
- Need reference re: Aroostook War
October 8
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- Opinions
- Zhuang people
- 2008 Thai political crisis
- Swaziland's Territory Claims
- Pashtun
- Baloch sindhi film industry
- Cults
- what makes a new edition of a book?
- The Electoral College
- Senators Obama and McCain, after the election
- Chinese reform
- Napoleon
October 9
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- date formats around the world
- Hummanities homework!!
- I can't find the damn website!
- Canterbury Tales
- Why Asian Women & White men?
October 10
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- Austrapolithecus
- Russia/Georgia conflict
- Unusual, ribbony necktie thing
- Creative Commons question
- Collateral damage of fixing the financial system
- President and VP boarding the same plane
- countries with the least discrimateion? [discrimination]
- Highest Stock Price
- If Palin's elected, what happens to her governorship?
- Painting of George III
October 11
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- Why the Japanese Navy didn't occupy Hawaii in World War 2?
- Looking for a quote allegedly by Bertrand Russell
- law
- Causes of death in royal families in history
- In defense of poor women
- Nazi Germany map, confused
October 12
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October 13
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- UK Citizenship
- What does a 0.5% lowering of interest mean?
- Modern use of pirate flag (Jolly Roger)
- Alchemical Image Query?
- Does the term Neo-Hinduism have any consistant meaning?
October 14
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- Building of the Parthenon
- Remedios Varo painting
- Hal Bevan Petman
- Looking for an image: Badge of the House of Windsor
- British finance rescue
- Credit default swaps
- World Population by Gender
- Economics
- WW2: European collaboration with Third Reich Germany/Austria
October 15
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- St Paul's Cathedral blueprint
- Vincent Van Gogh quote
- Archeology: Mega
- reagan, ronald
- who is this guy?
- Origins of a phrase: "Like ships in the night"
- LAND RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE!
- Nature of Opinions (I am not asking for an opinion about something)
- Poet Gilbert Maxwell
- 1920's Marriage Laws
- If the President and Vice -President are dead...
- Presidential "Candidate" or "President Elect" Succession
October 16
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- Is China's political system robust enough to withstand the global financial crisis
- UK Banking problem ... solution
- President and Vice President nominees
- What determines the value of money and is there a safety for capitalist economies from the hoarding of wealth by the wealthy?
October 17
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- Roanoke colony
- Fire Alarm
- What did John Wesley thought of the French Revolution?
- Plato's and Aristotle's schools
- Prediction in the Social Science
- India Today
- Sueing for Peace
- Subsidized Housing
October 18
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- How long since the Chicago Tribune endorsed a Democratic nominee for President?
- Library Records
- What is this a reference to?
- collect data on India's current account balance, capital account balance and forex reserves for the period 2001-2006 and list the major features
- First photograph
- US demographics by state
- Jack Kerouac - "On the road" - looking for a quotation
- Foreclosed land
- Decline of science fiction?
- How much money does a porno website make?
October 19
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- Prime Minister of Israel
- Estimated Living AND dead world population as of 2008?
- hindu religion
- Origin of quote
- women in public life
- Judicial
- Investment Trader Weekly Report
- Iceland has gone bankrupt -really?
- Kiwanis Club International constitution and bylaws
- poverty
- Can USA Democratic or Republican Parties expel members?
October 20
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- history of the lily as a symbol
- The Chosen quotation
- Obscure George Orwell question
- Painting of a girl
- VAT
- Grounding/justification for human rights
- Hereditary peers
- Heavenbound?
October 21
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- Finance - Rights and Warrants
- Latin initials
- Copyrighted music in non-commerical media
- Japanese Americans During WWI
- Okinawa Dugong v. Rumsfeld
- Cemeteries
- Childrens Book Title
- New Hampshire dates for voting since 1776
- ROBERT CLARK -NAME CHANGED IN 1958 IN N.Y.C.
- Candidates from former American states
- BET telethon
October 22
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- "Joe the Plumber" airtime
- Re: Which historical Pharaoh would be a possible candidate for the one Yu-Gi-Oh! makes mention of.
- Dating Australian girls
- Identification of national dress?
- Who was the first pope to wear glasses?
- Short story about man dying on the moon
- Scala cronicas
- Insider trading & credit crisis
- When will the result of the 2008 Presidential Election come out?
- Oath making and the need to speak
October 23
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- Double negative law terminology
- George IV - date oddity on map
- American elections?
- Inflation in Britain
- US President and Vice President not allowed on same plane
- What's the title of a newspaper called?
- The Buddha
- Invention
- what had the greater total sum effect on human civilization?
October 24
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- Size of US debt under Republican presidents vs. Democratic presidents
- Politics of Japan and UN Security Council Reform
- Indios visiting Pedro II of Brazil in 1898 photograph
- Village Cry Gysin photo
- history of gurmukh singhwala
- Biblioteca Reale
- electronic publishing
- the difference between fencing and swordsmanship
- Jorg Haider
- Ulster County Gazette
October 25
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- Swordfighting representations
- China, India, Japan and Russia
- Such Sweet Thunder
- Bangladeshi Buddhist and Christians vs. politics
- Eastern European human appearances
- ex-USSR city name changes
- kichener
- Can anyone here tell me anything about this photograph?
- Statistics For Ministry Burnout after Bible College/Seminary
- If a president resigns, why does he submit his resignation to the Secretary of State?
- Did Cicero Really Say This?
October 26
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- Now for something my friend and I disagree on...
- Did Enoch Really Die ?
- Obscure mythological question
- Sagacity
- English professors and felonies
- Flag
- Diwali and Durga Puja
October 27
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- Michel Suleiman iftar party
- US Presidential elections
- Longest lived minister
- Newspaper endorsement party switches in the United States presidential elections
- Military Strategies in Feudal Japan
- Six Story Types
- Religion - Buddhism
- Alaskan Independence Party
- Is Mary Jesus's mother or wife?
- Magic 60 for US Senate filibuster
October 28
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- Coporate Social Responsiblity
- Aid for Microsoft in Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008?
- How does a share dividend make shareholders better off?
- Canadian and American human appearances
- men sexual behaviour
- The ACTUAL English "Throne"
- Hazara People
- Afro-Desi
- U.S. between WW1 and the Cold War
- US Export Control intent
- What is a person?
- Massacre of Glencoe - the song
- Five minutes of fame... in 1700
October 29
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- Statue on the Zeil in Frankfurt Germany
- Chair not allowed to vote?
- Always 4 years between US elections?
- Wearing motorcycle helmets inside shops (UK)
- The daily lives of people in history
- Lilith Fact or fiction?
- Volkswagen
- tag British news presenter and politicians are wearing at the moment
October 30
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- the lords prayer
- Willian McGonagall
- Asian to White Racial Transformation
- Abraham killing an Idolator
- Lying in polls
- The legal importance of a comma
October 31
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