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October 1

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  1. Sir Anthony Knyvet
  2. Views on the afterlife
  3. Never give a sword to a man who cannot dance
  4. anti-zionism

October 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 October 2

  1. What makes a country "independent"? (e.g. Curacao)
  2. creative common licensing for the work already in public domain
  3. About Indian independence fighter in INA malaysia
  4. Did communist forces use civilians as cannon fodder in Menglianggu Campaign?
  5. Karaite Judaism vs. Fundamental Christianity
  6. Historical Violence
  7. A Winged Horse
  8. Criminal law in a US private bill
  9. Line of Descent from David
  10. Representation in the Dutch Senate and House of Representatives?
  11. UN conventions and Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands
  12. Bruce Coville Story
  13. Last Will and Testament
  14. Death
  15. Kant and Nietzsche's views

October 3

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  1. Mombasa History
  2. Muslim nations mizrahi and sephardi jews
  3. Jews in Bangladesh
  4. Republic of Georgia building
  5. Notorious lawyer known for defending war criminals, drug lords, terrorists, etc..
  6. Red, yellow, and green lights on the UN General Assembly podium
  7. Dates of LaSalle's 1st (Ohio River) expedition
  8. US presidential TV-debates
  9. Paramilitary education institutes in US
  10. Maria Francisca of Portugal
  11. Which part of the paperclip product chain is, on average, the most profitable?
  12. Alternatives to devaluation in the euro zone
  13. Examples of universities confronting the media
  14. Are fewer people selling their homes because of the financial/housing crisis?

October 4

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  1. Would "Howl" have been known if it hadn't been subject to a court action?
  2. Bangladeshi diaspora North America
  3. Bangladesh recognition map
  4. historic flag lapel pin
  5. German (Nazi) Army 3-finger salute
  6. Roosevelt's quote
  7. Naming discretion in academic publishing
  8. Unsolved problems
  9. Alan Watts Audio Recording
  10. Secret self-haters

October 5

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  1. Presidential debate myth
  2. Gender neutral for John Doe and Jane Roe
  3. Citation for Advance Directives
  4. Speaking English in America
  5. Whats it like to be a beautifull woman?
  6. left-wing party ideologies
    left-wing parties Europe
    political rivals Denmark, UK, France, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium Spain and Portugal
    normative but absolute scales of left and right
  7. Lesbians and short hair
  8. Federal language vs national language
  9. No Presidential debate in 1964
  10. Afghanistan and Terrorism
  11. Does predestination (calvinism) explain why some people are just naturally more religious than others?
  12. Count of Barcelona
  13. Railways in Ireland: two questions
    Southwestern Ulster
    Changes of trains

October 6

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  1. NYT & Blair
  2. AM
  3. Study for a Caricature by Leonardo da Vinci
  4. Black Forest ham and PDO
  5. First royal to visit US

October 7

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  1. Paul Guilfoyle
  2. Mental institutions
  3. Green Card Lottery
  4. Bob Hoover anecdote - urban legend?
  5. Inhibitions and intelligence
  6. John Merbecke memorial?
  7. Record number of dowagers in Europe

October 8

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  1. Follow-ups on Suaad Mohamud
  2. Boni & Liveright : cowled monk ? soviet posters ?
  3. Does this have a name?
  4. "your mind is always on your music"!
  5. Voter registration requirements in New York in 1864
  6. "Sleepy suburb"
  7. British Marines' right to search US cities and arrest British deserters after the Revolutionary War

October 9

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  1. Yongle Encyclopedia online
  2. Arveprins
  3. Why is Angela Merkel visiting Greece?
  4. The 4 top dogs are ladies
  5. Oliver Cromwell and malaria
  6. Recognize a track
  7. How did Charles Darwin earn a living?
  8. latch-hooking

October 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 October 10

  1. French Guiana
  2. Jefferson's views on government
  3. Occurrence of Demonic Possession
  4. Domestic Twinning
  5. Exactly how does Rebecca Black get to maintain composure better than Jason Russell?
  6. Israeli PM's red line for Iran
  7. Could I buy Greek debt?
  8. Federal Penitentiary Service (Russian prison) death rate
  9. Who were the 2 Mass. House members who voted against Romney Care?
  10. Question about copyright notice wordings by publishers
  11. proportional representation
  12. looking for japanese communities in thailand, northern thailand and southern china and throughout china

October 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 October 11

  1. RMS Titanic
  2. Calculate risk of variable-rate interest loan/mortgage
  3. Party registration in the United States
  4. Secularization
  5. The creation of the Hebrew calendar
  6. Luka Magnotta
  7. Luxury retailers profit protection
  8. Danish throne in 1863
  9. Why is marginalism such a big improvement over subjectivism in economics?
  10. American railroads in WWII

October 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 October 12

  1. RMS Titanic and American Civil War veterans question
  2. big face rock
  3. History:The recall of Colonel Amherst and smallpox
  4. EU Nobel Peace Prize
  5. American Civil War veterans' families benefits
    Living children of both Union and Confederate soldiers
  6. Peerage: pregnant widow of a childless peer
  7. Denmark in Second Schleswig War
  8. Conflation of totalitarianism with collectivism.

October 13

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  1. Does the Queen own Canada?
  2. People on the image
  3. Duchy of Cornwall and changes to the British succession law
  4. Incomplete information

October 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 October 14

  1. Electoral College - United States
  2. Wild Lands Project Corridor system
  3. "Hate crime" laws and crimes against women
  4. Polarization in US politics
  5. World Trade Center target long before 9/11
  6. Autism & Mercury - Government Conspiracy for Population Control?
  7. Arlen Specter's middle name
  8. Brazil HDI
  9. Bernhard Caesar Einstein

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October 19

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October 20

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October 21

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October 23

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October 24

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October 25

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October 26

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October 27

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October 29

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October 30

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  1. When did the US and the UK become allies?
  2. Two questions about the Japanese military
  3. Support for Romney's healthcare plan
  4. Winner-Take-All - Part 2
  5. Postponing elections?
  6. can the same person be chairman and president with a different ceo?
  7. Questions about Ted Bundy
  8. Journal Officiel des Établissement Français de l'Océanie
  9. Austro-Hungarian newspapers
  10. Work week in Hong Kong
  11. Structure of Petition
  12. Of Mice and Men lonliness
  13. Russian law about computer crimes
  14. CREATING A MEDIEVAL BARONY

October 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 October 31

  1. Mizrahi president of Israel
  2. 1912 franc
  3. "On the Reasons of Jewish Noxiousness"
  4. Why were Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv so unpopular among the Sikhs?
  5. Freemasonry and youth
  6. "The New Evangelization"
  7. Economic impact of natural disasters
  8. Parenthetical parentheses
  9. NYPD firearms and bullets