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| location | Washington, DC USA | |
| age | 37 | |
| visits | member for | 11 months |
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Oct 5 |
answered | What is the single longest Presidential Campaign run in the United States? |
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Oct 2 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Oct 2 |
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Which arm was the shield held in? deleted 4 characters in body |
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Oct 2 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Oct 2 |
answered | Why did anti-Chinese riots occur during the Indonesian Reformation of 1998? |
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Sep 27 |
answered | What is the English name for the “Исламский джихад - Джамаат моджахедов” organization? |
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Sep 17 |
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“No sane man will dance.”? When / where / about-what did Cicero say this? added date |
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Sep 17 |
answered | “No sane man will dance.”? When / where / about-what did Cicero say this? |
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Sep 16 |
answered | Who first coined the name “Wahhabi”? |
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Sep 14 |
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What was the average US unemployment rate for Democrat and Republican presidents? +1. The president, compared to Congress or the Federal Reserve, has little control over the economy. Moreover, unemployment is a trailing indicator of economic health, and in a vast economy such as the U.S., it takes months for any government action to show effects. The question in 2012 is whether we are in 1984 or 1992. In 1984, unemployment was actually higher than when Reagan took office, but he got the credit for improving conditions. In 1992, the economy was growing again, but not fast enough to reelect George HW Bush; his successor got the credit for the recovery. |
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Sep 12 |
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What do “roses” represent in the history of Protestant vs Catholic conflict? clarify meaning |
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Sep 12 |
answered | What do “roses” represent in the history of Protestant vs Catholic conflict? |
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Sep 11 |
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Is there any evidence that the catholic church reduced innovation during the middle ages? added tag for Catholic Church |
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Sep 11 |
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What factors permitted Buddhism to be successful in Japan but Christianity less so? Actually, various branches of Christians have practiced varying degrees of syncretism with other religions. Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit priest, wrote extensively to reconcile Catholicism with Confucianism; the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Latin America is often cited as an example of traditional earth-goddess worship being restated in Christian terms; and indeed, European Christianity itself is an adaptation of early, Semitic Christianity which began as a Jewish sect. |
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Sep 11 |
awarded | Enthusiast |
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Sep 7 |
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Why is King Henry V regarded as such a great King? You are perfectly free not to regard Henry V as a great man because his actions offend your modern moral sensibilities. History is not the discipline of applying the lens of modern morality to historical figures. |
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Sep 7 |
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A unitary state split into several smaller ones The question is about splitting of states. Taiwan has never declared independence, and the PRC refuses relations, categorically, with any countries that maintain relations with Taipei, so no split is even possible de jure. Of course, plenty of countries recognize Beijing but carry on trade and other activities with Taipei. But de facto, this means that Taiwan is at least semi-autonomous with certain rights to self-governance that cannot be removed or overruled by the central government, so de facto China governs with a federal structure. So either way, Taiwan is not applicable. |
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Sep 7 |
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A unitary state split into several smaller ones @SevenSidedDie No, because unlike the other cases, recognition of one requires non-recognition of the other. So either the unitary PRC is undivided, or the unitary ROC is undivided, or China is federal and not unitary. |
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Sep 7 |
answered | Which arm was the shield held in? |
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Sep 6 |
answered | A unitary state split into several smaller ones |
