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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 1
information on law
Depends on murder?
Lack of foresight in government?
Balignant episode
minor parties
Corridors
Kansas City
War profiteers and banking families
what is the opposite or rival of the Phoenix?
Tocharian Religion pre-Buddhism
Give me back my tail - hunter tormented by thing in forest
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 2
British Isler
Eastern European in Toronto
Socialism
Psychological Disorder
Call at lunchtime
Are mixed race people smarter or not smarter?
Bierce quote
Moonlight
invoice
1960s Israeli communist newspapers
Bollywood
New York Times vs. US
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 3
US election
Religion
Meiendorf Castle, near Moscow?
Charismatic Leaders, Orwellianism, Propaganda, and Groupthink
Fairy Tale Motif
economics
US presidential election poll?
Sexsmith
Identifying Reformed theologians
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 4
Fewer Homosexual Blacks
American Revolution a coup?
Approach to writing a biography
Obama LA Interview
US Ambassador postings
Voting machines in the USA
who is favored to win the election and by how much?
what is the effect of the economy?
american election
Bengali script
term in office
Learning about other cultures
betting site for elections?
U.S 2008
Religious Pluralism.
Pliny quotes on the Netherlands
Statute of limitations in Hawaii
Health problems and elections
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 5
President Start Date?
Roe v. Wade Question
Shiny question
848
METAL BOATS FIRST USED WHEN?
painting sources
List of United States Presidents by college education...
Multiculturalism in Uzbekistan
Which US Presidents were sons of immigrants?
Margin of victory
Obama
Is a progressive income tax considered socialist?
Obama - The first time a black person becomes president of a majority white state?
Leader of the Party
Democrats and Republicans
What does entropy have to do with a surjective sense of time?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 6
Musical taste and recreational drugs
Friedrich Nietzsche on cocaine?
Suing an abortionist for refusing to perform an abortion
Naval attire
Military healthcare law change
what do they mean?
Heaven
what am I?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 7
In our midst
South Caucasus = Middle East?
Prime Minister of Canada
Religion in Japan
national bankruptcy - article in wikipedia missing
LaRouche Democrats
On Proving Princess Diana's Importance to the World
us presidentcy
Happiness and motivation in Marxism
United States Presidents and visual/hearing impairments
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 8
NY Drug Case Law.
Not asking for legal advice!
Madras Presidency
Surname
Love worth the pain? (a reading list)
Oldest Roman Arch
Leap years and bachelors
When religions 'borrow' ideas from earlier religions
Historical congressional district maps
famous soldiers before Napoleon
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 9
Child labor laws in Ohio?
U.S. Federal Personal Income Tax Revenue
Independence of Cambodia and Vietnam
1969 Moon Landing
Collective Unconscious
Goering's Desk
Help thinking of an original name for a website about the british monarchy...
The Trial
Update - Census and the Oregon Trail
rewriting request
Absurdism
Corruption
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 10
Rights to works in the public domain?
Polish Prisons Conditional Release
God's fate
conflict..help
Queen dowager - exist anymore?
Longest court-action in british history?
Browsing Microsoft's digitized books?
Mergers & Acquisitions
Follow on question from Queen Mother/Dowager
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 11
Quotation marks in the Bible
Orwellian Rhetorical Devices
Youth violence
prominent leader for Sunni and Shi'a community in Lebanon
Royal British Legion - inappropriate photo?
What does the captain of a carrier get paid?
post-election campaign funds
What's the Latin tag?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 12
74.14.117.196 questions
How does he look like
US one-party state
Moses's Egypt?
Fastest growing sorority?
descendants of ancient famous figures
what is the period of time the supreme court hears cases
Run on a currency?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 13
Babylon as a symbol of "orgiastic decadence"
Any relation...?
This book title
Back from the dead
Can you help me find the original projections of social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace
Role of the Israeli prime minister
Calling Joe de Maistre
Charles Dickens Quiz Question
first world war and Vatican
Bengali Christians and Buddhists
Educational background of Sara Palin
Jim Jones Massacre
Looking for Fairytale or other stories..
Joe Biden endorses...
(Newspaper) layout: why this?
Factors that Affect Air Fuel Price in India
Anthropocentric viewpoint and animals
UK Gold state coach
Did whites participate in the Biafra war?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 14
US State Legislature Control
famous schools for the gifted
what's the wrongest anyone's been?
Capital Adequacy Ratio
the shifting sands of the census
Origin of the verb 'To stonewall'
Demographics of the Market Street/Civic Centre area of San Francisco
Is it vandalism?
What is meant by Bhakthi yoga?
Reference - Nonverbal communication - psychology
Hindostan, BS
Spiriting informants
Drugs to fight boredom at work?
ettiquette differences?
Killed or wounded in Action - information policy
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 15
Why did Western Europe take over the world?
Is there such a place
Why is there something rather than nothing?
White Horses
Arguments made against womens' and blacks' rights in U.S. History
State of nations
Languages
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culture/art as oppression
Theological Libraries in the Northwest
English
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 16
Fail.
?Just Curious
Gay Right movements
Employment by small business in Jamaica
I don't know what my ethncitity is.
On fate: are we a function of the universe?
near collision with another flight
Paradox
financial management
Marx quote on Schopenhauer
Patent
Why were lots of houses built during the 1930s slump in the UK?
Shipping cost, cheapest prices
How many divorced Indians are there in India?
Montesquieu/Diderot Impacts
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 17
How to implement/awareness Human Rights in different community around world?
Pronunciation of Deskovic
Edgar Allen Poe question
video documentary about original composition of the bible
Why did the proto-indo-european peoples spread so far?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 18
Contract law essay
Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party's alliance
Psychology question: name this feeling!
Does Bangladesh have a military alliance with India or Pakistan today?
Were battles in the middle ages fought 24/7?
% of us population that knows who noam chomsky is
is it true that japanese school-children stand?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 19
Why was Spain at the recent G20 Summit.
Leadership styles
Messiahs in History
Side-spring boots in Heart of Darkness
US Capitol Trolley Car
Imported Oil for India
Chad
Izhevsk
Monetary values compared between 1918 and 2008
Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Pakistan Muslim League, Pakistan Peoples Party
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 20
stock movements
Things like National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corporation
Source for military decoration citations
Afro-american male crime.
guitar versus piano
Twins as heir to a throne
Child monarch in modern age
Witch trials in 19th century Latin America
Incest, bigamy and homsexuality in L'ancien regime
Sub-districts elections
Who are 'latinos'
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 21
Security Council votes
solution to the financial crisis
Trying to figure out the name of a classical music song
Great Britain welfare
李印泉 (Li Yinquan)
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 22
Federal political parties in India
Seats in South Asian Parliaments
Seeking reference materials on Ilse (F.) (Davidsohn) (Intrator) Stanley
Books on Guarany/Guarani language?
Benefits of a bachelor degree for police officers?
Language spoken in heaven
design
Asking age/sex/race questions of an applicant
presidential gifts
Proof of religion
Islam: group conversation customs?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 23
Instinct
The movie Caligula and historical accuracy
Pakistani Muslim Scholars by language
Indian Languages in Tafsirul Quran
Rigorous Education System
this talk attributed to Noam Chomsky
How many US presidents are of at least partial British descent?
Religious council declaring excrement "Holy"
(still open question) about the title of a Song I played in FMEA symphonic band
TANFF
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 24
Typical meal for famine-type people
I need; Free, Real Time, Level 1, Stock and Comodity Quotes, Streaming or otherwise.
Muslims and pork-based medicines
which orchestra instruments play chords?
I have a question about a strange word
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 25
The Cross Section Of The Zeit-Geist
Political Figures
Left-Hand Path and Deism
Double standards about marriage
God and Free Will
What does this saying mean
Sirat al-Mustaqim/Sirat al-Jahim/As-Sirāt - is it in the Quran?
Why was a Spanish princess called "of Austria?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 26
West Bengal November 2008 election
Mythology
What do smart lottery ticket winners do with money?
please help
Punishment for Incest in 18th century
Hardly any witches in Portugal - what about the exeptions?
Turkey pardoning
TV listings of US war dead in Iraq and Afghanistan
Kierkegaard quotation--Sealed orders
Crete
Czech party name
Hudibrastic poet named Green
Why is Christianity considered monotheistic?
Questions about Martin Luther King article.
MLA style
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 27
Iraq Christians
how much money would the US have to print to make the dollar lose 80% of its value?
Last King of Rapa Nui?
French history -early christianity
If Ireland left the UK...
Continental Aspects of American Constitutional Theory
Libertarian Socialism is a contradiction in terms.
Origin of trash talking?
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 28
I Have a riddle
explain my spam
Radar Base in the Czech Republic
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
Literary "cycles"
First human - according to Bible
Do American universities really give credits for appearing in porn?
In which historical period did Orlando and Marmaduke marry?
Another history question - inns in 16th Century Venice
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 29
Famous quote
A shadow detaching from its owner, and turning into an evil being
Hate poems
Otto Nadolski
British police operation
National Bankruptcies..
Pakistan
Bad Company song
Where does stereotypical 'gay' behavior originate?
European citizen outside the EU
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 30
Barcode Tattoo Scenario
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Hungarian language query: Dolgozók vs Munkás
Authenticity of a history doctrate
How to deal with weasels?
Marriage in the New Testament Bible