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Boston Lad

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Originally posted by FMF
A: I used to read a paper called Kedaulatan Rakyat which covers the city I live in, the surrounding Central Java, and some national news too. It now has an online presence and so I probably stopped reading it about a year ago.

Q: Was the lack of certain key freedoms for Singaporeans too high a price for them to have paid for their economic prosperity and political stability since the state was founded 50 years ago?
A. Haven't a clue.

Q. Why do some adults experience an ongoing difficulty accepting authority?

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
A. Haven't a clue.

Q. Why do some adults experience an ongoing difficulty accepting authority?
A: Blame Descartes.

Q: What was Ted Williams batting average in 1953?

Boston Lad

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Read a book!

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Originally posted by nimzophysh
A: Blame Descartes.

Q: What was Ted Williams batting average in 1953?
A. .407

Q. Is there evidence of intelligent life anywhere in the Solar System?

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
A. .407

Q. Is there evidence of intelligent life anywhere in the Solar System?
A. No, not since Milton Berle died.

Q. What ever happened to Zazu Pitts?

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Originally posted by nimzophysh
A. No, not since Milton Berle died.

Q. What ever happened to Zazu Pitts?
A. She changed her name to Zasu Pitts.

Q. Is there any hope for labor unions?

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
A. She changed her name to Zasu Pitts.

Q. Is there any hope for labor unions?
A. Only if Jimmy Hoffa returns.

Q. Where is Dean Martin buried?

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Originally posted by nimzophysh
A. Only if Jimmy Hoffa returns.

Q. Where is Dean Martin buried?
A: Los Angeles

Q: What is the largest US city with the smallest predecessor (in terms of its name) in the UK? [e.g. Boston (US) pop. approx 4.5 million; Boston (UK) pop. approx. 40,000]. Is there one with a larger gap in population size?

Boston Lad

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Originally posted by FMF
A: Los Angeles

Q: What is the largest US city with the smallest predecessor (in terms of its name) in the UK? [e.g. Boston (US) pop. approx 4.5 million; Boston (UK) pop. approx. 40,000]. Is there one with a larger gap in population size?
A. Have no idea. This thread wasn't intended to support abstruse questions which would require an online search. Please comply. Thank you.

Q. Which fruits and vegetable do you believe promote maximum nutritional benefit?

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Q. Is there any hope for labor unions?
A: I don't know about in the U.S. ~ is that where you are? There's little or no hope here Indonesia.

Q: Which part of Pangea do you think would have risen up to dominate the entire land mass 175,000,000 years ago if there had been, say, mid C19th industrial development and demographics?

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Q: When you sneeze, do you do so more than once at a sneezing?
A: I tend to sneeze three times in rapid succession.

Q: How might Europe have been different in the C20th if Prussia had lost the Franco Prussian War?

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]A. Have no idea. This thread wasn't intended to support abstruse questions which would require an online search. Please comply. Thank you.
A: Have you thought about starting your own blog?

Q: If people were allowed to move around the world freely [1] how long would the seeming upheaval and conflict last, and [2] what would emerge as the new way of things?

Boston Lad

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Originally posted by FMF
A: Have you thought about starting your own blog?

Q: If people were allowed to move around the world freely [1] how long would the seeming upheaval and conflict last, and [2] what would emerge as the new way of things?
A. Not yet.

Q. Which fruits and vegetable do you believe promote maximum nutritional benefit?

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Q: Why do governments renege on Treaties they sign?
A: Usually because circumstances and/or governments' interests and objectives change.

Q: Did the shadow that Shakespeare cast cause too many comparable works by his contemporaries to be overlooked?

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Originally posted by FMF
Q: Did the shadow that Shakespeare cast cause too many comparable works by his contemporaries to be overlooked?
A: The answer would hinge on the practical meaning of "too many"?

Q: Elephants never eat raw vegetables after tasting Escargot Demi-Glace? Is it true?