Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/September 2009

= September 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 1


 * 1) What are the "elements of national power?"
 * 2) The Soviet Union - reality vs bias
 * 3) Adolf  Hitler
 * 4) Photo identification question
 * 5) Have I the right to write to each director of some company?
 * 6) Ecumenical/secular monasteries
 * 7) What are the "ramps" in the Vltava at the base of the Charles Bridge
 * 8) Caesar's mother

= September 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 2


 * 1) What are the top 100 economic powers rated by GDP
 * 2) Exorcism
 * 3) Athabaskan people
 * 4) working with one another
 * 5) books with multiple authors of the same name?
 * 6) Native American Origins
 * 7) Amendments

= September 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 3


 * 1) Renaissance Etiquette
 * 2) Hindus in BNP
 * 3) BNP and Awami League
 * 4) Dates for the Tower of Babel/ Nimrod
 * 5) Familiar Man
 * 6) Wee solid?
 * 7) Use of the phrase "United Kingdom"

= September 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 4


 * 1) Name of a conceptual error
 * 2) PEnnsylvania 6-5000
 * 3) gore vidal
 * 4) Principles of Economics
 * 5) If We Hold On Together
 * 6) Dionysus name
 * 7) riot

= September 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 5


 * 1) Suicide as a criminal act?
 * 2) World War III
 * 3) Rats
 * 4) help
 * 5) Corsican given names
 * 6) The worst witch trial?
 * 7) Early computer animation I dimly remember
 * 8) abortion support in private health insurance
 * 9) French encyclopedic conventions (present/past tense choice)
 * 10) Does the copyright of a dead artist pass to his next of kin?
 * 11) Shading

= September 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 6


 * 1) Julius Caesar as tribune
 * 2) Political views
 * 3) Descent of Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor
 * 4) number of merchant ship calls in La Valetta Malta
 * 5) Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
 * 6) Victoria and Albert Museum
 * 7) Old Finnish man's logic

= September 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 7


 * 1) song lyrics
 * 2) August 1727
 * 3) People's Crusade...?
 * 4) shakabuku
 * 5) Axe and hoe songs
 * 6) Municipal recycling in the UK - profits?
 * 7) Addison Whithecomb Debate Quote Origination

= September 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 8


 * 1) Statistics on sleeping rough in England
 * 2) Making love rather than making war to win
 * 3) Premiere performances
 * 4) People who were unknown in life but became famous after death
 * 5) US motivations behind stopping Zahir Shah becoming the Afghan head of state.
 * 6) Ernest Hemingway Cover Art
 * 7) Who is the author of the bible?
 * 8) Gay and lesbian studies
 * 9) Is lying ever mandatory?
 * 10) Bureaucracy and "Bureaucratise"
 * 11) Countries in Africa without two term limits
 * 12) British/German Meetings in Finland in WW2

= September 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 9


 * 1) staggering consuls
 * 2) insurance
 * 3) Referencing
 * 4) Nineteenth-century artists
 * 5) Role of mistresses in royalty
 * 6) Birth certificates and surnames in the US
 * 7) "Cbtfcbmm Cvft"[sic] (Languages vs. dialect, round 3)

= September 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 10


 * 1) Obama speech comparison
 * 2) Why Alexander the Great didn't conquer Rome?
 * 3) Hate crimes committed by LGBTs
 * 4) Jerome Tobar
 * 5) Western (wannabe) Buddhists
 * 6) Evidence that Jesus existed
 * 7) How do US children treat their parents?
 * 8) Flag of Kosovo
 * 9) Damages wrongfully won in libel court
 * 10) Green and Blue inverted triangles (Nazi Germany)
 * 11) White men in the fields of women or Black studies

= September 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 11


 * 1) Searching For A Particular Extract From A Novel Be Richmal Crompton
 * 2) 1992 Los Angeles riots
 * 3) Beethoven - Six Ecossaises
 * 4) Portrayal of Jewish women during Third Reich
 * 5) extermination
 * 6) Pharos Lighthouse & Nice (France)

= September 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 12


 * 1) Symbols
 * 2) Help identifying a sci-fi story...
 * 3) Cleopatra Thea and Cleopatra III
 * 4) Education to work in corporate finance?
 * 5) two more USPHS songs
 * 6) Neoptolemus I of Epirus
 * 7) Caster Semenya

= September 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 13


 * 1) How many US Army Colonels have been killed in combat/from combat-related injuries, ever?
 * 2) Islamic factoids in Borges
 * 3) Dhani Harrison
 * 4) Will raising the Fixed Deposit rate induce in more savings?
 * 5) Struggling to be published
 * 6) 'Acquittal' from a death by hanging charge
 * 7) Meleager (general)
 * 8) Celibacy
 * 9) Money Markets & Financial Institutions
 * 10) Just wondering...
 * 11) Qing Dynasty
 * 12) Getting Seed Capital
 * 13) First Person

= September 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 14


 * 1) Marriage
 * 2) Rough approximation of text length
 * 3) BLR ?
 * 4) Photo of child Holocaust victim
 * 5) Central Africain trade unions; C.G.A.T.
 * 6) Biological rythmns in schooling
 * 7) Cognitive (dis)abilities and Down syndrome
 * 8) BA (HONS) BUSINESS FINANCE & BSC(HONS) BUSINESS FINANCE
 * 9) Inheritance
 * 10) Cadmus-Harmony painting ID request
 * 11) Historicity
 * 12) Iran and North Korea
 * 13) Text lengths of notable documents
 * 14) Usama bin Laden new audio tape
 * 15) London theatre tickets - where is a safe place to buy on the day?

= September 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 15


 * 1) Conflict thesis?
 * 2) Famous critics of university
 * 3) Non-resident American able to drive in America?
 * 4) Welsh History grants
 * 5) Historical person obsessed with synchronizing clocks
 * 6) Falsely claiming to have been awared medals/decorations in the armed forces...
 * 7) Pact with devil - story
 * 8) Ramadan fasting at extreme latitudes
 * 9) What are the names of Charities owned by African Americans?

= September 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 16


 * 1) lens-less glasses worn for fashion
 * 2) Finance
 * 3) A question on postmodern depiction in literature....
 * 4) leftovers worth today
 * 5) Christopher H. Clark
 * 6) Star ratings for novels, like those for movies
 * 7) 3 worst dictators in Africa
 * 8) Shape of writing tablets
 * 9) match.com
 * 10) The physics of money
 * 11) Debate on healthcare reform

= September 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 17


 * 1) Converts to Judaism in Nazi era
 * 2) Isabelle Urquhart bio?
 * 3) Incorruptible FBI
 * 4) HEALTH CARE REFORM
 * 5) US Congress eligibility
 * 6) Are NJ municipalities statutorily required to provide fire protection
 * 7) Eliminations of two term limits
 * 8) is it possible for Israel to commit terrorism?

= September 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 18


 * 1) ironic beauty
 * 2) unintelligent design
 * 3) musical doctrine of affections
 * 4) objective measure of whether a company, country, etc. is evil?
 * 5) Identifying terms
 * 6) Seraching for the reference of a Buddha quote
 * 7) Rosh Hashana Shofar

= September 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 19


 * 1) Participation of wealthy people in WWI - conscription
 * 2) Irish vs Germans in America
 * 3) Germanic derivative of Celtic, Celtic derivative of Italic, Italic derivative of Greek, etc.
 * 4) quran tafsir comparison

= September 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 20


 * 1) Wives of Margraves of Tuscany
 * 2) translation new constitution of ecuador
 * 3) Australian Immigration law
 * 4) Gods etc
 * 5) Italian view on WW2 today?

= September 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 21


 * 1) French language requirements in Canada
 * 2) Battlefields Used More Than Once
 * 3) Mexican Army

= September 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 22


 * 1) Unknown Painting
 * 2) Which philosopher has made the biggest personal difference to contemporary life?
 * 3) JFK and the Légion d’honneur
 * 4) querelle de la rose
 * 5) possilbe to put back two-term limit rule
 * 6) Mamadou Tandja

= September 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 23


 * 1) Letter to Mr. Obama.
 * 2) Bullies and authoritarians
 * 3) Private Question
 * 4) Gaddafi's tent
 * 5) Arts: Trying to learn more about a sculpture
 * 6) husbands and wifes over 30 years apart in age
 * 7) Size of the bourgeoisie
 * 8) Historical person obsessed with synchronizing clocks - request for references
 * 9) "Statues" in the water in Lake Washington

= September 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 24


 * 1) Romani Archaeology
 * 2) German-American relations
 * 3) background check
 * 4) Hispanic-American views on LGBT rights
 * 5) Consent
 * 6) Moving to the country
 * 7) Industry study
 * 8) Nearest agnatic relative of Emperor Charles VI
 * 9) Who am I to blow against the wind?

= September 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 25


 * 1) Interpol under the Nazis
 * 2) Legal usage: "in witness whereof"
 * 3) German perspective on the bombing of Dresden
 * 4) National Debt  -  someone is laughing somewhere
 * 5) R.I.P. Rosemary Stasek needs article
 * 6) Money transaction life cycle
 * 7) Chinese Agriculture Propaganda Photo
 * 8) 2 questions
 * 9) Wartime repatriation
 * 10) Chocolate

= September 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 26


 * 1) Chernyshevsky's opinion on Marx
 * 2) hi
 * 3) Who was the first woman swimmer in history?
 * 4) Economics question
 * 5) Who designed the IAEA flag?
 * 6) Benjamin Disraeli's and Benjamin Franklin's attituds to war?
 * 7) What is the Communist Party of China's current position on Stalin?
 * 8) Is this a pithy statement in literary criticism?
 * 9) Psychological immune system

= September 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 27


 * 1) Body building
 * 2) Nearly topped at Little Round Top
 * 3) This game: "telling objects from a collection"
 * 4) Where can I find the transcript of the recent Larry King Ahmadinejad interview online for free?
 * 5) Muslims ruling over non-Muslims and Christians ruling over non-Christians

= September 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 28


 * 1) Religion in Pre-Islamic Arabian Peninsula
 * 2) Clarke's 3rd law and Western esotericism
 * 3) Scansion
 * 4) Financial Estate Planning:Credit Sharing Trusts
 * 5) Bible Verses/Stories illustrating the importance of christian friendship?
 * 6) What is the Protestant view of the history of Christianity between Peter and Luther?
 * 7) Black-whites
 * 8) Sindjely Wade
 * 9) Money in Communist Russia
 * 10) Why are both left and far-right politics associated with the working class?
 * 11) Why the U.S. didn't use the Atomic Bomb on Nazi Germany?

= September 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 29


 * 1) Voting intention polls
 * 2) Anyone rem Australian radio show the Argonauts Club?
 * 3) Educational Pioneer
 * 4) UK/US drug bust in South America
 * 5) Louis, Rhineland-Palatinate
 * 6) Naval presence on lakes
 * 7) meal frequency

= September 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2009 September 30


 * 1) Famous Composers
 * 2) Value of diamonds
 * 3) Number of classroom hours per year by students in various countries
 * 4) DNA Testing of "Hitler's" Blood on Sofa & Remaining Relatives
 * 5) Help with an author?
 * 6) Law that prevents Military personnel from acting as domestic police officers
 * 7) African Flag Portraying Decapitation
 * 8) Letter Z and Native Americans
 * 9) Ukranian composer
 * 10) Tactical bombing during world war ii