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November 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 1

1. olors
2. Egyptian expansion
3. Trying to attribute a quotation to a philosopher
4. rere Jacques Origins
5. Good Friday
6. Alternative theory
7. Speeling
8. Spelling cont
9. US Midterm elections - what time?
10. Is John Kirkby/John of Kirkby/John De Kirkeby the same person as John Le Franceis?
11. What was the cause of Yugoslavia's unrest during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
12. ow Many genres have Wikipedia?
13. Escapism and intelligence
14. UN Peacekeepers

November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 2

1. Boston Tea Party
2. Chase music
3. 1991 Prices
4. isolated island society
5. Ethnicity of Members of Parliament in Canada
6. Order of St. Andrew
7. North Hollywood shootout
8. eplying to prayer requests
9. E-Mail
10. Worst mainstream hollywood movie ever made
11. hat is emotional competence?
12. Mary I

November 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 3

1. lothes of Jews in Spain in the 13th century
2. History of Party Control of U.S. House & Senate
3. A famous quote
4. Nuclear secrets
5. ources for Acts of the Apostles
6. Internecine conflict
7. Old Testament
8. Student Council Help
9. Congress Meets
10. Can Wilkipedia handle extremely pointed accurate statements?..
11. Origin of Alternate German lyrics for Silent Night
12. history of physics

November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 4

1. Japanese paper fans and comedy
2. living outside the system
3. Is the source upon which this article is based listed anywhere in Wikipedia?
4. Pop song - I need to download the song
5. Election Deposit
6. arly Christian cults
7. No more wrist watches?
8. Sabbath in Egypt
9. What exactly is the difference between a Portuguese cavaquinho and a Hawaiian ukulele?
10. Pinochet dictatorship
11. Looking for a film about love

November 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 5

1. Egyptian Happyness
2. Danish history
3. How long is a 288-year prison sentence?
4. Secretary of Defense
5. STUDENT COUNCIL HELP 2
6. Country Music Awards
7. Marilyn Manson
8. Canadian Play
9. racial origins of the Devil
10. obert
11. Ballot questions
12. When did winking originate?
13. Metternich's views on University professors and private property

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 6

1. S.M.O.M.
2. Ice age?
3. India Export Tax
4. Catholic response to Calvinism
5. Children
6. Compulsive Lying
7. Clothing and housing in 13th century Christian Spain
8. An odd question for The Stranger
9. A few interest rates questions
10. Which congressional district is Tucson AZ in?
11. Hypothetical Senate Trial of Nixon
12. Spanish History 1010
13. Need Metal Band Name
14. Another US Constitutional Question
15. The Veil Controversy
16. Barf ?
17. Who designed the stained glass in the east window of St. Etheldreda's Church?

November 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 7

1. BOMB!
2. The oldest book that is still being updated
3. US Mid-term elections in Redmond
4. about history
5. She's A Runaway - Song
6. Dealing With Human Resources
7. Afghan Northern Alliance
8. Decleration of the Rights of Man-1789
9. What are the main differences between a cat and a dog?
10. Could you turn a dog into a cat, or vice versa?
11. Could you turn a lion into a house cat? Or a wolf into a dog? Which would be easier?
12. Easyjet Booking Reference
13. Foucault
14. generation
15. Call of Duty
16. Newspapers on Campus for Free
17. just wondering...

November 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 8

1. oem
2. Question for New-Yorkers or Constitutional loiterers.
3. History of High-heeled Shoes
4. How long after a failed appeal does the defendant go to jail?
5. Charity given in a Mosque
6. A MSc or an MSc
7. Czech currency during WWII
8. Where Should My Three References Come From
9. Speaker of the House
10. us congress
11. Question relating to the Gospel of Mark and the Parable of the Banquet/Wedding Feast
12. Ashamed about the past
13. Voter Turnout
14. 1919 or 20 cruise liner photograph
15. Tyrant

November 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 9

1. The Autumn Leaves
2. microloans
3. The Rights of Women in Religion
4. Music inversion
5. Need help identifying a song
6. Corpora
7. longest serving in house
8. Live broadcast
9. the diffusion of hinduism
10. Leonardo Da Vinci
11. Vietnam
12. Question about a name on Aurelia Cotta's page
13. Origins of Ice As Food
14. Internet Friendships & Sociology
15. The most important humans that have ever lived.

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 10

1. Frederick Jackson Turner
2. Old song: "The Voice of Love"
3. How were we created?
4. UN and Women's Rights in Religion
5. Flag of York Ontario
6. Cadet programs
7. Pinochet
8. IPC
9. hy did Russia withdraw from world war one?
10. bolton's renomination
11. Politics
12. Delay for Profanity
13. Marquis de Sade quotation- from what work?
14. History
15. Connie Chung on cover of Newsweek or Time magazine
16. broadcast jourmalism

November 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 11

1. Who's the real racist
2. hy do some people doubt the historical accuracy of Acts of the Apostles
3. Mass times
4. Classical music in the Chinese Cultural Revolution
5. A question on guitar set-ups please
6. Cajun songs in minor keys.
7. Videogame ratings
8. Adding a new article
9. Sierra Leone
10. Megachurches
11. Manuel ortega
12. Nypd

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 12

1. Does fathering a child give the father citizenship (or any legal ability to stay in the US)?
2. WPLJ Radio; New York's Best Rock Theme Song
3. earch for specific prayer
4. FX question
5. The Koran and Harmony
6. Current Events
7. Black or Mid-Eastern Monk
8. The Leaders of a Traditional Middle-Eastern Tribe
9. is this correct
10. Red Armband in Indonesian or Southeast Asian Culture
11. Toronto Maple Leafs All time head to head records
12. The winter hill gang in boston
13. Virtual giving
14. Views on homosexuality, sex outside of marriage and masturbation in Rastafarianism?
15. revolutionary war
16. English Parliament= ??
17. rontier thesis

November 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 13

1. The French government
2. Is President Gerald Ford really a Mason??
3. Art Appt.
4. Purple Clothes Incident ?
5. Australian Prime Minister - hypothetical question
6. Which two African countries would you consider regional powers?
7. Old Comic Strip with main Character named "Chink".
8. Civil and criminal responsibility
9. Film identification!
10. chivalry
11. The most hand copied book of the middle ages
12. Sociology and Anthropology
13. american retail architecture 60/70s
14. Percentage of Urban Chinese who are non-religious?
15. papable cardinals
16. Montgolfier mess

November 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 14

1. A Corporate question
2. Han Dynasty envoy??
3. "obverse/reverse" in laymen's terms?
4. Stalin quotation :ru:en:
5. band with no original members
6. arketing
7. How would you like women's nipples to be?
8. Language richness
9. meat processing regulations
10. romans and cyclical time
11. roman games

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 15

1. Preview Voice
2. 1920's adn 1930's canada
3. Military hats
4. Russia Child Soldiers
5. our major wars between 1900 and 1961
6. Rio de Janeiro Picture
7. There Is An Argument By An Ancient Greek. Hmmm, Maybe Not Ancient Greek, Roman, Perhaps?
8. public speaking abilities
9. ame of Israeli documentary
10. No one in the world likes me.
11. Finding friends
12. Kennedy assassination
13. philosophical queries regarding epistemolgy
14. About Beverly Cleary
15. Self-Love
16. Aircraft
17. Suing the Government
18. Volleyball Rule Changes Through History
19. How much is the American taxpayer spending?

November 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 16

1. Percentage of people speaking French in France in 1871: 30%
2. Theories in Development
3. Al Jazeera English
4. Ancient Egyptian stability by geography
5. Informal Qualifications of Presidents
6. 700 Club
7. Countries that were partitioned
8. In Canada
9. American pharmaceutical advertisements
10. Number of countries with U.S. military bases?
11. How many governments would fall without US support ?
12. How many governments have fallen with US support ?
13. order of preference in France
14. Central front in War on Terrorism
15. History Of Subcontinent (1850-1900)
16. Hypothetical politics question
17. Battleship Letters
18. Protestant Reformation Pope
19. Is it considered taboo to chew after eating?
20. Phonetap evidence
21. aspar Mendel

November 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 17

1. History questions for WWI
2. Solutions to the child soldiers problem
3. Insults
4. Lost film treasures
5. Printer named "Beren" or "Berens" (or similar with variant spelling)
6. All Strings PCO "Perpetuum Mobile"
7. rap music
8. Could anyone tell me the origin of the following passage?
9. Classical era Instruments
10. nd of Vietnam War: A photo
11. Post-democratic system
12. Industrial relations
13. Using books as references in articles
14. Deep fried American flags
15. The Cat's Protection League by Roger McGough

November 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 17

1. HMSAS no more?
2. Relations between Afghanistan & Pakistan
3. Average salary in Japan
4. What would happen should the United Kingdom .. deunite?
5. british pop-singers
6. Politics
7. Carol Loomis (writer for Fortune Magazine) looking for list of all her published works
8. Beginning to learn violin with an electric violin
9. William Blake and romanticism
10. friday sermons
11. Ashley Sawdaye
12. Nuremberg
13. Law practice in the U.S. Virgin islands
14. Royal Vs. Sarkozy v.s La Pen
15. Harvard Business School interview

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 19

1. Member of the U.S. Congress
2. Cardinal-Deacon
3. Spanish Civil war
4. ean Old World
5. Chair Lifting In Bar Mitzvah's Etc
6. Nazi Racial Philosophy
7. Sex Partners
8. Organized crime
9. Irish Politics
10. Stealing references
11. route to china
12. the Suez Canal and Port Said....
13. Life Style News Article of Guam Pacific Daily News Reseasrch
14. Population Rankings
15. To what extent was WW1 a Total War?
16. What sort of musical instrument is this?
17. Ancient Astronought Theory
18. Man and monkey
19. Where America's day begins.
20. Intervals
21. Sexual impatience

November 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 20

1. What is dancecore in relation to euro-dance, euro-trance, and related genres?
2. Can dogs look up?
3. What the hell does he mean by this?
4. Song name
5. name that artist
6. nationalities
7. The legality of searching movie theater patrons in US
8. Rebellion in the african american community
9. Why is Paris, France known as the City of Romance?
10. areer change?
11. Who has the maximum number of wives as of today or this year
12. Wizadora..
13. US Military Overextended?
14. StuRat

November 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 21

1. Demographics
2. English Employment Law - Bullying
3. Naming the dead
4. Song "Afganistan" by Yusuf Islam
5. Pre-soaking
6. Q: corporations as a life form
7. Human History
8. Ancient coin head direction
9. Crucifixion of Christ
10. Patient's bill of rights
11. Polynesian cloth
12. restauration and conservation of a Tapa Cloth

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 22

1. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
2. Caption on Glass Lantern Slide
3. as Agent Orange ever used in the Korean War?
4. Expensive university
5. OGL and fair use of d20 System trademark
6. Total Canadian military expenditure in Afghanistan since 2006
7. Daniel Colegrove??
8. Religious debate
9. Can someone name which song is this?
10. Copyright Expiration on Image From Gray's Anatomy
11. Art or Typography
12. eed some help identifying some people
13. [Lord of the Flies]] Symbology
14. Blanking of names and years in older books
15. Famous image of Fall of Saigon : helicopter pushed into the sea?
16. Algerian Kurdish Relations
17. Science that has books as object

November 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 23

1. A wine Louis XIV might have had at table
2. Spelling words with phone numbers
3. Blog advice
4. What could it mean when home baked bread has a sour taste to it?
5. Is History the study of progress
6. Coincidence that Operation Storm came almost exactly fifty years after Operation August Storm??
7. Real Estate
8. Modern day unjust laws, institutions, or corporations in the United States?
9. Music genre of HerbieHancock??

November 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 24

1. A Man For All Seasons and Becket
2. Pleasant memories
3. fire making (prior to matches were invented) by tinder box and lyrstan - what is lyrstan?
4. Art and Literature dealing with a man who knows he's going to die...
5. epistemology
6. Is philosophy any longer relevant in the global culture
7. Redistricting question
8. The Simpsons
9. John E. Douglas inspiration for Jack Crawford or not
10. Males-only aesthetic mutilation (non-genital)
11. Jewish Customs and Traditions Regarding Death
12. ussian law with international impact

November 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 25

1. Unitary, federation, and confederation : what it really means
2. The U.N. and Cultural imperialism
3. Shi'a Muslim
4. Arab Shi'a
5. Pathans in Bangladesh?
6. Clothing
7. History of historical-rewritings.
8. The North/South Will Rise Again
9. Gaza Strip and West Bank
10. detecting precious gems
11. probate
12. pelez, fernand (1843-1914)
13. hi i need help

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 26

1. New York, New York
2. Germania flora and fauna around 12BC
3. Communism vs Capitalism
4. 'Gods and Generals' Piano Piece
5. Cryptography
6. was there a president blind in one eye
7. breaking even versus making a profit
8. American Rapper.
9. Themeline of Nip Tuck
10. Jewish Source Cited
11. Collymobbits

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 27

1. Breakdown of Brazil's governmental expenditures
2. are of the elderly
3. postmodernists and deconstructionists who deconstruct classics
4. What do the following have in common, the answer can only be three words
5. Mozart as Party Animal
6. why do communists say that Russia/ the USSR didn't really introduce Marx's ideas?
7. Japanese (?) folk tale
8. History of Ralli surname used by Punjabis
9. William IV of the United Kingdom
10. War of 1812
11. Difference between Goth Rock and Punk Rock
12. Economics CPI
13. words created during the 1920s
14. what are the most unpoplular buildings in Paris, France?
15. Strip club cruise
16. Big Rock Candy Mountain- Charles Osgood

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 28

1. Film classification, specifically in reference to "The Black Cauldron"
2. Presidential term limits
3. Which Indian leader has been called 'The Twentieth Century Fox' by no less a person than Winston Churchill
4. What is the main food distribution company in Germany?
5. Science Fiction Story
6. Copied DVDs for educational purposes
7. is there a relationship with madness and the historical views of normality
8. Rahab still alive, according to bible?
9. Institutional Investors & Patents
10. death
11. Dutch Nationality Laws
12. complaint
13. Hip-hop dancing
14. Online tools for currency conversion in different times of history
15. How Americans treated differant people before 1850
16. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

November 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2006 November 30

1. "black" Countries
2. Creek Indians
3. Taliban Reaction to 9/11
4. Where can I get Too $hort's Blow the Whistle (instrumental version)?
5. Parsees and the Indian caste system
6. "Wake me up" song
7. orthern Soul(?) song
8. Books released under different titles
9. Amour Fou
10. Chartered Accountant in Germany
11. Coat of arms - help
12. Animal Sacrifice to Zeus in the Odyssey, Eumaeus and "Des-Troy"
13. Deaf or blind film directors
14. peace be upon him
15. Essays by Jean Paul Sartre
16. Looking for an applet working out the political d'Hondt method
17. reeza
18. Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations (ANAPBA)
19. yeah
20. Definition of a Multi-cultural Society