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May 1
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- Pasteur's height
- Bank Losses
- identify artist of painting of George Washington's first inauguration
- Plummer v. State v. Bad Elk v. United States
- Ashford v Thornton
- Article title question
- Judges with 'Ag' after name
- Man impaled Greek statue
May 2
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May 3
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- Request for debate
- What was Highland Homes history back in 1946 502 W. Highland Ave Phx. Az 85013
- Politics in England
May 4
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- How do I open a manhole?
- Why are human beings so unpredictable?
- Traffic Lights - Red, Yellow, and GO!
May 5
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- Prayer Your Cross
- Did the Great Wall of China accomplish what it was originally intended for?
- Scramble for Africa - shares of the colonial powers
- Is any US government agency allowed to lie to the public?
- Reasons for Western dominance?
- islamic countries vs western countries
May 6
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- Does an adopted child change the line of succession to the British throne?
- Can someone with a bachelor’s degree in political science and an MBA teach undergraduate courses in Political Science?
May 7
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- Reference to Halle Berry
- Schumann's stranded repeat sign
- Crossing international or interstate borders by car
- Are banks able to loan out more money than they receive in deposits?
- Type of social dance shown in Pride and Prejudice
- Gangs and cars
- Several decades of growth
May 8
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- How long does a British general election campaign really last?
- nonrenewables
- UK elections
- Stadiums' declining capacity
- Explanation for Scottish election results sought
- UK PM as party leader
May 9
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- Is there any correlation between the areas of Roundhead and Labour support in UK elections?
- Are there any universities today that have a post-positivist or anti-positivist curriculum for political science?
- 1850 Double "O" Double Eagle
- Is England and/or Britain really planning to leave the EU unless they can get more Big Brother laws?
May 10
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- Is it easier to sell a commercial property in China with or without a restaurant lessee?
- Debt
- Jehovah's Witnesses and the name "Jehovah"
- Non-fiction Classification Pre-Dewey Decimal
- Question about how WW2 ended the Great Depression in America
- Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney
- Myth of Polish cavalry charging German tanks with lance and sabre during WWII...
May 11
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- How did the Portuguese get hold of Northern Brazil Amazon Forest but not the British, the French or others?
- Does BPM Need To Cite Source
- Tobruk (Movie 1967)
- Flag of Memelland
- First Amazon bridge
- Cartoon Character
- Who painted these?
- Hitler at strategy
- UK elections 2015
May 12
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- Muslims killed by .... won't go to Paradise
- Inconsistent apostrophes in older work
- Stella van der Loopen
May 13
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- Iranian reactions to the Andijan massacre?
- Copyright for Maya hieroglyphs font based on drawings by scholar Thompson
- Parent & child life peers
May 14
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- How can I prevent birds from flying into large picture windows?
- Did the French schools in Kabul close?
- Mirabeau and the end of absolutism
- Is a specific story or author in the public domain?
- Citations on Didius Julianus
May 15
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- Bengali font Microsoft Word
- Hunchback
- Director of the off-off-Broadway production of The Lion in Love (play)?
- When did the Cherokee Outlet become part of Oklahoma Territory?
May 16
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May 17
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- Christian fundamentalism, Biblical literalism, and creationism outside the United States
- Niderbergdorf
- Somerset House
- Effect of cigarette prohibition laws (1890-1927)
- Tomatoes in pizza and stir-fried eggs and tomatoes
May 18
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- Bloomberg Business
- Portuguese gains in WWI?
- Cultural attitudes towards slapstick comedy - is there a relationship?
May 19
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- Three Questions on Boundary Commissions (United Kingdom)
- The seven lamps of style - P.M.Fulcher,
- Novel Sci-Fi Regarding a genetic reason for Jesus Healing
- Are most or all American companies and organizations Equal Opportunity Employment employers?
- Expanding Sahara
- Saltwater crops ?
- Operations management
May 20
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- Proof of Alabama rejoining the union on July 13, 1868?
- Dostoevsky: origin of quote?
- Northanglia?
- Secession from the U.S.?
- Henri Giscard d'Estaing (historian)?
- Are any developed countries solvent in the long run?
- Equality equals quantity, whereas equity equals quality
- C.C.D. in case citation
- Title of this painting
- Another legal terminology question
- "Augustus ... acknowledged he could not make a new Latin word"
- Novel about woman in medieval time
- Table of Effects for s:The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996
May 21
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- How to pronounce the "v." in court cases?
- Visa Waiver Program
- America
- Can or will formal language replace ordinary language in the literary arts?
- Thomas Harcourt's kidney
- A detail of the boundary between Minnesota and Wisconsin
May 22
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- Please identify this nasheed
- City of London pub history
- Sniffle-less Žižek?
- Is there a right to be forgotten?
May 23
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- H. Blacklock & Co
- Status of Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
- One of Queen Victoria's daughters, an eminent scientist, and a mysterious bird.
- Are the board memberships and directorships of Delaware Corporations considered public record?
- United States paleo-indians
- Hawaiian Supreme Court Justices
May 24
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- When did the states join the Confederacy?
- professor Robert Solomon Wistrich ..NEUBERGER prof, not as spelled on Wikipedia
- Loving your colonizer?
May 25
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- Was Anne Meara considerd influential in her field?
- Egtved Girl's cause of death
- Masons Manual of Legislative Procedure
May 26
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- Did the National Revolutionary Army really prepare to bomb the Tiananmen?
- a short story about mantises
May 27
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- Request for Free Resources for Law Courses
- 1895 newspaper
- National Guards vs Citizens' Guards of the Republic of Hawaii
- Involuntary apprenticeship?
May 28
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- Capitals and Largest Cities of American States
- Women and menstruation
- US police skirts
- Forced consent by means of imprisonment; any precedent in law for rights breach?
- Kiowa Tribe Article
- Copycatting
May 29
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- US restraining orders
- How can information be corrected?
- Who ruled France in the early 16th-century?
- Green armband , Poland, 1934
- Strategy of Tension
May 30
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