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November 1 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 1

  1. information on law
  2. Depends on murder?
  3. Lack of foresight in government?
  4. Balignant episode
  5. minor parties
  6. Corridors
  7. Kansas City
  8. War profiteers and banking families
  9. what is the opposite or rival of the Phoenix?
  10. Tocharian Religion pre-Buddhism
  11. Give me back my tail - hunter tormented by thing in forest

November 2 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 2

  1. British Isler
  2. Eastern European in Toronto
  3. Socialism
  4. Psychological Disorder
  5. Call at lunchtime
  6. Are mixed race people smarter or not smarter?
  7. Bierce quote
  8. Moonlight
  9. invoice
  10. 1960s Israeli communist newspapers
  11. Bollywood
  12. New York Times vs. US

November 3 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 3

  1. US election
  2. Religion
  3. Meiendorf Castle, near Moscow?
  4. Charismatic Leaders, Orwellianism, Propaganda, and Groupthink
  5. Fairy Tale Motif
  6. economics
  7. US presidential election poll?
  8. Sexsmith
  9. Identifying Reformed theologians

November 4 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 4

  1. Fewer Homosexual Blacks
  2. American Revolution a coup?
  3. Approach to writing a biography
  4. Obama LA Interview
  5. US Ambassador postings
  6. Voting machines in the USA
  7. who is favored to win the election and by how much?
  8. what is the effect of the economy?
  9. american election
  10. Bengali script
  11. term in office
  12. Learning about other cultures
  13. betting site for elections?
  14. U.S 2008
  15. Religious Pluralism.
  16. Pliny quotes on the Netherlands
  17. Statute of limitations in Hawaii
  18. Health problems and elections

November 5 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 5

  1. President Start Date?
  2. Roe v. Wade Question
  3. Shiny question
  4. 848
  5. METAL BOATS FIRST USED WHEN?
  6. painting sources
  7. List of United States Presidents by college education...
  8. Multiculturalism in Uzbekistan
  9. Which US Presidents were sons of immigrants?
  10. Margin of victory
  11. Obama
  12. Is a progressive income tax considered socialist?
  13. Obama - The first time a black person becomes president of a majority white state?
  14. Leader of the Party
  15. Democrats and Republicans
  16. What does entropy have to do with a surjective sense of time?

November 6 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 6

  1. Musical taste and recreational drugs
  2. Friedrich Nietzsche on cocaine?
  3. Suing an abortionist for refusing to perform an abortion
  4. Naval attire
  5. Military healthcare law change
  6. what do they mean?
  7. Heaven
  8. what am I?

November 7 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 7

  1. In our midst
  2. South Caucasus = Middle East?
  3. Prime Minister of Canada
  4. Religion in Japan
  5. national bankruptcy - article in wikipedia missing
  6. LaRouche Democrats
  7. On Proving Princess Diana's Importance to the World
  8. us presidentcy
  9. Happiness and motivation in Marxism
  10. United States Presidents and visual/hearing impairments

November 8 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 8

  1. NY Drug Case Law.
  2. Not asking for legal advice!
  3. Madras Presidency
  4. Surname
  5. Love worth the pain? (a reading list)
  6. Oldest Roman Arch
  7. Leap years and bachelors
  8. When religions 'borrow' ideas from earlier religions
  9. Historical congressional district maps
  10. famous soldiers before Napoleon

November 9 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 9

  1. Child labor laws in Ohio?
  2. U.S. Federal Personal Income Tax Revenue
  3. Independence of Cambodia and Vietnam
  4. 1969 Moon Landing
  5. Collective Unconscious
  6. Goering's Desk
  7. Help thinking of an original name for a website about the british monarchy...
  8. The Trial
  9. Update - Census and the Oregon Trail
  10. rewriting request
  11. Absurdism
  12. Corruption

November 10 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 10

  1. Rights to works in the public domain?
  2. Polish Prisons Conditional Release
  3. God's fate
  4. conflict..help
  5. Queen dowager - exist anymore?
  6. Longest court-action in british history?
  7. Browsing Microsoft's digitized books?
  8. Mergers & Acquisitions
  9. Follow on question from Queen Mother/Dowager

November 11 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 11

  1. Quotation marks in the Bible
  2. Orwellian Rhetorical Devices
  3. Youth violence
  4. prominent leader for Sunni and Shi'a community in Lebanon
  5. Royal British Legion - inappropriate photo?
  6. What does the captain of a carrier get paid?
  7. post-election campaign funds
  8. What's the Latin tag?

November 12 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 12

  1. 74.14.117.196 questions
  2. How does he look like
  3. US one-party state
  4. Moses's Egypt?
  5. Fastest growing sorority?
  6. descendants of ancient famous figures
  7. what is the period of time the supreme court hears cases
  8. Run on a currency?

November 13 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 13

  1. Babylon as a symbol of "orgiastic decadence"
  2. Any relation...?
  3. This book title
  4. Back from the dead
  5. Can you help me find the original projections of social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace
  6. Role of the Israeli prime minister
  7. Calling Joe de Maistre
  8. Charles Dickens Quiz Question
  9. first world war and Vatican
  10. Bengali Christians and Buddhists
  11. Educational background of Sara Palin
  12. Jim Jones Massacre
  13. Looking for Fairytale or other stories..
  14. Joe Biden endorses...
  15. (Newspaper) layout: why this?
  16. Factors that Affect Air Fuel Price in India
  17. Anthropocentric viewpoint and animals
  18. UK Gold state coach
  19. Did whites participate in the Biafra war?

November 14 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 14

  1. US State Legislature Control
  2. famous schools for the gifted
  3. what's the wrongest anyone's been?
  4. Capital Adequacy Ratio
  5. the shifting sands of the census
  6. Origin of the verb 'To stonewall'
  7. Demographics of the Market Street/Civic Centre area of San Francisco
  8. Is it vandalism?
  9. What is meant by Bhakthi yoga?
  10. Reference - Nonverbal communication - psychology
  11. Hindostan, BS
  12. Spiriting informants
  13. Drugs to fight boredom at work?
  14. ettiquette differences?
  15. Killed or wounded in Action - information policy

November 15 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 15

  1. Why did Western Europe take over the world?
  2. Is there such a place
  3. Why is there something rather than nothing?
  4. White Horses
  5. Arguments made against womens' and blacks' rights in U.S. History
  6. State of nations
  7. Languages
  8. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 15#|]]
  9. culture/art as oppression
  10. Theological Libraries in the Northwest
  11. English

November 16 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 16

  1. Fail.
  2. ?Just Curious
  3. Gay Right movements
  4. Employment by small business in Jamaica
  5. I don't know what my ethncitity is.
  6. On fate: are we a function of the universe?
  7. near collision with another flight
  8. Paradox
  9. financial management
  10. Marx quote on Schopenhauer
  11. Patent
  12. Why were lots of houses built during the 1930s slump in the UK?
  13. Shipping cost, cheapest prices
  14. How many divorced Indians are there in India?
  15. Montesquieu/Diderot Impacts

November 17 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 17

  1. How to implement/awareness Human Rights in different community around world?
  2. Pronunciation of Deskovic
  3. Edgar Allen Poe question
  4. video documentary about original composition of the bible
  5. Why did the proto-indo-european peoples spread so far?

November 18 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 18

  1. Contract law essay
  2. Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party's alliance
  3. Psychology question: name this feeling!
  4. Does Bangladesh have a military alliance with India or Pakistan today?
  5. Were battles in the middle ages fought 24/7?
  6. % of us population that knows who noam chomsky is
  7. is it true that japanese school-children stand?

November 19 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 19

  1. Why was Spain at the recent G20 Summit.
  2. Leadership styles
  3. Messiahs in History
  4. Side-spring boots in Heart of Darkness
  5. US Capitol Trolley Car
  6. Imported Oil for India
  7. Chad
  8. Izhevsk
  9. Monetary values compared between 1918 and 2008
  10. Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, Pakistan Muslim League, Pakistan Peoples Party

November 20 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 20

  1. stock movements
  2. Things like National Federation of the Blind v. Target Corporation
  3. Source for military decoration citations
  4. Afro-american male crime.
  5. guitar versus piano
  6. Twins as heir to a throne
  7. Child monarch in modern age
  8. Witch trials in 19th century Latin America
  9. Incest, bigamy and homsexuality in L'ancien regime
  10. Sub-districts elections
  11. Who are 'latinos'
  12. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 20#What is the best evidence that some Gitmo prisoners were sold to us<.2Fs> the US?|What is the best evidence that some Gitmo prisoners were sold to us the US?]]

November 21 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 21

  1. Security Council votes
  2. solution to the financial crisis
  3. Trying to figure out the name of a classical music song
  4. Great Britain welfare
  5. 李印泉 (Li Yinquan)

November 22 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 22

  1. Federal political parties in India
  2. Seats in South Asian Parliaments
  3. Seeking reference materials on Ilse (F.) (Davidsohn) (Intrator) Stanley
  4. Books on Guarany/Guarani language?
  5. Benefits of a bachelor degree for police officers?
  6. Language spoken in heaven
  7. design
  8. Asking age/sex/race questions of an applicant
  9. presidential gifts
  10. Proof of religion
  11. Islam: group conversation customs?

November 23 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 23

  1. Instinct
  2. The movie Caligula and historical accuracy
  3. Pakistani Muslim Scholars by language
  4. Indian Languages in Tafsirul Quran
  5. Rigorous Education System
  6. this talk attributed to Noam Chomsky
  7. How many US presidents are of at least partial British descent?
  8. Religious council declaring excrement "Holy"
  9. (still open question) about the title of a Song I played in FMEA symphonic band
  10. TANFF

November 24 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 24

  1. Typical meal for famine-type people
  2. I need; Free, Real Time, Level 1, Stock and Comodity Quotes, Streaming or otherwise.
  3. Muslims and pork-based medicines
  4. which orchestra instruments play chords?
  5. I have a question about a strange word

November 25 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 25

  1. The Cross Section Of The Zeit-Geist
  2. Political Figures
  3. Left-Hand Path and Deism
  4. Double standards about marriage
  5. God and Free Will
  6. What does this saying mean
  7. Sirat al-Mustaqim/Sirat al-Jahim/As-Sirāt - is it in the Quran?
  8. Why was a Spanish princess called "of Austria?

November 26 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 26

  1. West Bengal November 2008 election
  2. Mythology
  3. What do smart lottery ticket winners do with money?
  4. please help
  5. Punishment for Incest in 18th century
  6. Hardly any witches in Portugal - what about the exeptions?
  7. Turkey pardoning
  8. TV listings of US war dead in Iraq and Afghanistan
  9. Kierkegaard quotation--Sealed orders
  10. Crete
  11. Czech party name
  12. Hudibrastic poet named Green
  13. Why is Christianity considered monotheistic?
  14. Questions about Martin Luther King article.
  15. MLA style

November 27 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 27

  1. Iraq Christians
  2. how much money would the US have to print to make the dollar lose 80% of its value?
  3. Last King of Rapa Nui?
  4. French history -early christianity
  5. If Ireland left the UK...
  6. Continental Aspects of American Constitutional Theory
  7. Libertarian Socialism is a contradiction in terms.
  8. Origin of trash talking?

November 28 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 28

  1. I Have a riddle
  2. explain my spam
  3. Radar Base in the Czech Republic
  4. Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
  5. Literary "cycles"
  6. First human - according to Bible
  7. Do American universities really give credits for appearing in porn?
  8. In which historical period did Orlando and Marmaduke marry?
  9. Another history question - inns in 16th Century Venice

November 29 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 29

  1. Famous quote
  2. A shadow detaching from its owner, and turning into an evil being
  3. Hate poems
  4. Otto Nadolski
  5. British police operation
  6. National Bankruptcies..
  7. Pakistan
  8. Bad Company song
  9. Where does stereotypical 'gay' behavior originate?
  10. European citizen outside the EU

November 30 edit

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 30

  1. Barcode Tattoo Scenario
  2. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008 November 30#Person mentioned in Letters to Olga<.2Fi>|Person mentioned in Letters to Olga]]
  3. Hungarian language query: Dolgozók vs Munkás
  4. Authenticity of a history doctrate
  5. How to deal with weasels?
  6. Marriage in the New Testament Bible
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