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According to Christian theology (not your own personal perspective on the validity of religion or the existence of god).... What happened to Jesus in the three days between his death and resurrection?...
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Many words have their roots in bellum, the Latin word for war. Many others hve their roots in bellus, beauty. Is that coincidence, like the words cat and cap sound similar for no good reason? Or would...
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Did this phrase, referring to a circuit of information, come into use with audio recording systems? or does it predate that?
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There are plenty of them in English -- clean up, call up, write up, lock up, fix up, open up, close up, etc. I remember reading somewhere that they are related to German verbs that use the prefix "ab"...
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I can't remember the title of a novel set in a black town in the south in first half of 20th c. In one scene near the end of the book, a lovable character, a black man, gets rabies and his loving wife...
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Who wrote a series about a woman who helps people disappear (like a freelance witness protection program)? She is from a New York Indian tribe. I read two or three in the series and hope there are...
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Americans age 40+ -- Of course you called the part of the station wagon behind the back seat the "way back," right? And you probably remember the "way back" machine that Mr. Peabody and Sherman used...
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I love AnswerBank so much, but sometimes I've run through all the posts in my favorite categories, and I want more. Can you recommend other Q&A sites of similar calibre -- of course none could...
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Is it incorrect to refer to the people of Iraq, Iran, and all those other middle eastern countries (other than Israel) as Arabs? I know there's a country called United Arab Emirates and there's Saudi...
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Does Heathcliff have only one name (like Cher and Madonna)? Is that because he is an orphan?
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PhilBy, in a thread on urban myths, you said something like "I have been online for 8 years and have hardly read a newspaper in 7. I find it frightening the influence that anonymous journalists have...
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Did Johnny Cash really propose to June Carter on stage, as shown in the move Walk the Line?
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I tend to assume that a word with a TH in it is more likely to be greek than latin. Does Latin even have a TH sound?
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Anyone have a good mnemonic? I know the difference, but a coworker keeps getting it wrong and I'd like to tactfully tell her "how I keep them straight." We are talking about principal investigators...
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What was the name of the movie about the little boy destined to be the next dalai lama? Not Little Buddha with Keanu Reaves, but one set in Tibet.
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I have a huge tin of danish butter cookies and I'd like to jazz them up for a party. Any suggestions like: "add a dab of amaretto cream cheese and an almond" or some way to make them look/taste more...
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I (Yank) have always thought of Tea (the meal, not the drink) as a Victorian thing -- wealthy ladies would entertain each other, and their cooks would think of clever little sandwiches and tiny cakes...
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I just saw this surname on a web site, and I hope Latin and Italian scholars can tell me -- does this name imply that the person has a fox in her head?  Or like someone said about...

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