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May 1
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- Is it possible that North Korea torpedoed Deepwater Horizon?
- Holy Roman Empire
- Lame duck PM?
- Source of quotation: "Dance like no one's watching"
- Finite afterlife
- Cult of Padre Pio
- Opposition to proportional representation
- BNP but not Greens on TV in UK
- Overseeing a small amount of house renovation
- November 22, 1963
- Why in the past decades has there been violence against missionaries working in Turkey?
- Are court-ordered psychological evaluations privileged?
- Modern missionary practices and criticisms
- Greek austerity protests
- hindues
May 2
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- negative eugenic practices in the united states
- mourinho's unbeaten home record
- The EU and Greece
- Supreme Court case on copyright
- First israeli Ambassador to the UK
- Women's magazines
- monarchy power
- Caliphate of Córdoba
- censorship in China
- When was the women of Korea unveiled?
- Royal women of old Korea
- One so-called legal name at a time in USA?
- Comparative chart and article
- Roman Catholic Festival - Feast of the Dead
- Young David in I Samuel
- Jehovah witnesses
- double standards
May 3
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- Handing out titles of the Peerage of England - how was land involved?
- Wife of George VII of Imereti
- More people recognized Ronald McDonald than George Washington
- An Ashokan Farewell
- Estate agents aggregation websites for finding property
- Copyright of FTSE index figures
- African American
- Heuristics for doing difficult and complicated things?
- a term for ivory or bone jewelry
- Over time how has ......
- Kant and kairos
May 4
editMay 5
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- Law of Consanguinity in the Royal Families of Medieval Europe
- Changes in human morphology
- What would happen if Greece defaulted on their debt payments?
- Codification of interpolations in Bhagvad-Gita
- B type blood and its arrival in Europe
- Identifying a mislabelled sound file on Wikipedia, probably by Handel
- Evil
- Post military-model
- HIV/AIDS
May 6
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- April Fool's Day
- Race
- ways to represent ones art
- Polish-Soviet War : is the soldier on the left a woman ?
- UK election results: "others"?
- Conducting business meetings on wikis
- The Wives of Henry VIII
- Elected
- Anonymous reviews in The New York Times
- Social proximity — jargon terms for types of propinquity? (Sociology/Social Philosophy)
- Robert Simon Telfer Scott DSM and HMS Havelock Norway 1940
- Anne Boleyn
- any sex symbols who worked as a pair?
- If the U.S. Government stopped printing paper money tomorrow, what would happen?
May 8
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- English Democrats in Wales
- Short Story Collection
- Classical buildings with asymmetric pediment
- First French national anthem
- The Destruction of Bruchsal in 1945
- The idea of Mankind waging war against God
- Karaite attitude towards adoption
- Size of the Forbidden City
- Helping poor students
- Was Tiberius a vegetarian?
May 9
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- Al-Qaeda / bin Laden Manifesto
- Communist founders in London
- William Robson translation of The Three Musketeers
- Service of process
- Homelessness resources in London
- Bernard Werber - 『Paradis sur Mesure』
- Sousa marches during religious ceremonies
- "Know Thyself" by Dr John Arbuthnot
- The Twelve Caesars
- Forbidden artifacts
- John Wilkes Booth's fiancée
- Notable Virginia Politicians
- Does abject poverty exist in Western Europe and/or the USA?
- Notable Virginia Attractions
- Searching for a short story title and author
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
May 10
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- dedicatee's last name
- Identifying flags - The Hippodrome Theater, 1905
- Great-great-great grandparents of Charles II of Spain
- UK Election
- Soviet dissidents - quoting and denouncing
- UK election results
- Parallels of the Prime Ministerial situation
- how is it possible to GET a patent (directly or indirectly) without being associated with it in any way?
- Ways to go as allegory
- "The Judas Tree"
- Using an Alias for your Surname?
- Legal status of part of Kashmir
May 11
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- Maastricht Pact
- Greek word for doorstep poem
- Question about the concept of the "soul"
- question about "Ford T model" being an essential item in US citizen life
- Drusus Julius Caesar, son of Tiberius
- does every voice type sing the same?
- monarchy form of government
- Cyril of Alexandria image
- Capital gains tax, UK
- Bylaws
- Correct Usage of a title
- safety mirrors
- Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid, movements
- Choice of musical genre
May 13
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- Sport Spectation
- Short story, poem, picture, etc. about teamwork
- English and British Duchesses of Normandy in the Channel Islands
- United States geography
- British India - Army and Navy chiefs
- Asha Rose Migiro
- Cases of Judgment notwithstanding verdict
- SDLP & British Labour
- Why did European colonists want to go to India so badly?
May 15
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- Released Confederate Prisoners in the US Civil War
- Which date was which ?
- Extremely pro-choice philosopher
- Responsibilities of an LDS prophet
- national emblem of United kingdom
- Marcel Duchamp
- School Years For UK & America
- Economics qualifications of UK chancellors
- Kappa Sigma motto
- Who was Leibowitz in A Canticle for Leibowitz?
- Was Agatha Christie Anglican or Catholic?
- Oldest U.S. National Parks
May 18
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editWikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2010 May 19
- Legal freedom in the US, UK
- Sales tax on auto purchases?
- Was a crime comitted here?
- Citizenship
- 100% inheritance tax, UK
- literature:critical essays about Ernest Hemingway's short stories
- Modern Morality
- is there anyone who spends $100,000,000 a year on their lifestyle?
- Questions waiting to be answered.
- how much would it cost to buy all the music on iTunes?
- North Korea and Iran
May 20
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- Public school class size reduction advocacy organizations
- Shakespeare scripts
- Correct way to ask permission from Author for making use of instrument
- Israel losing a war question
- What is the bare minimum to give a 2010 Census worker?
- Shakespearean actors
- Not legal advice, just curiosity
- Ancient music
- lonely hearts club
- Learning artificial languages
- Double Cross double agents
- St. Louis vs. Saint Louis
- when was the pop-up box (of tissues) invented?
- Jasmine Macdonnell
- Eric Illsley
- Citable Charlottetown Accord
- Arahabaki
- Attorney in the United States.
- Which British Prime Ministers belonged to Dissenting Non-Conformist Churches?
- Bubba
May 21
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editMay 23
editWikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2010 May 23
- Term for calendar-related structure?
- Historical Elected positions in Imperial China
- Six degrees of separation
- China pegs the dollar. Can America peg the yuan? What would happen?
- are there any aspie politicians?
- Looking for a Russian poem
- architects
- what do you call political views
- Name this unhappy fellow...
- My theory on the meaning of life
- Millionaires in the UK cabinet
- Adulterous princess imprisoned
- Identifying Isaac Asimov short story
- Church attire
May 24
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editWikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2010 May 25
- Trying to track down a Daniel Patrick Moynihan quote
- Food policy
- "Stereo Love" video location
- Passport fraud
- American Gold Eagle coins
- Medieval illustrations
- in the united states, can you write a newspaper article calling for the eradication of black people (a la klu klux klan)
- Recessions and inflation
- Biblical prostitutes
May 26
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- Victorian court case about Calvinist Priest not seated in Anglican Church?
- honorary doctorate
- What is Victorian Government?
- Why aren't Mathematicians starving?
- how many people have nickel allergies worldwide?
- Typography in Shakespeare
- ROKS Cheonan sinking
- A problem with an article
- Hofstadter Allegorical Bundles
- no longer by boat
May 27
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- Jew gold
- 3D movie impact?
- The Best Party (Iceland) joke party?
- Coroners Court of Victoria and changes to law
- Definition of "episcopal list"
- Impregnable fortresses
- Jaikie Galt real-life antecedent in John Buchan book
- St. Petersburg
- Yami no Waru
- A city in Iraq
- Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
- World War III
- shared revenue
May 28
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editMay 30
editWikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2010 May 30
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- Penal Code by/for Religion
- Historical Herbs And Spices
- constitutional convention
- why do tennis players wear such short skirts?
- A trademark/logo with four hearts
- Unemployment rate by Cities in Russia
- Politicians writing novels
- Pay-Per -View
- British noble the father of Swedish 19th-century actress
- Eurovision Song Contest
May 31
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- icing but not the cake (metaphor for gaining qualifications without having knowledge)
- Iran
- African folktales
- Is it legal to circumvent privacy settings on facebook?
- Translating an author's original text into another language, without the author's permission
- Details of the burning of the Jaffna library
- architecture of Domitian
- How do I attach my curtains to my curtain rings?
- Name of prominent anti-Semitic Jewish conspiracy theorist