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    Which is better for the U.S.? A neoliberal approach or welfare state?

    Neoliberal state or welfare state?
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    I am trying to lose weight. Will the stationary bike help me?

    I did 60 minutes of 100-130 RPMs on a moderate level of resistance. Is the stationary bike effective?
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    Could the White House have dictated terms of the bailout loans?

    So that no money could have gone to bonuses, or stock options, or a variation of the sort? Just wondering, thanks. But if the government could have done that, why are the protesters not going to the White House?
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    Finding the direction?

    Two geological field teams are working in a remote area. A global positioning system (GPS) tracker at their base camp shows the location of the first team as 36 km away, 21? north of west, and the second team as 28 km away, 38? east of north. When the first team uses its GPS to check the...
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    Earth Science 2011 regents question?

    I had a question. For the one question on the test asking why the Iceland place has cooler summers and warmer winters my answer was - This is because it rained more in winter meaning warm air was present to evaporate, condense, and precipitate. In summer there was less precipitation meaning...
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    What is the name of the song, with the lyrics, "don't come so fast/too fast?"?

    Heard it on the radio a few days ago, on one of the hit music stations in melbourne. Had the lyrics "dont come so fast" or "dont come too fast" or something similar to that. And no, its not the one by adina howard :P
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    why do you bash on vegans? why does there lifestyle upset you so much? why cant

    This one time at band camp we crossed the fence to the Vegan camp and tied down a pregnant Vegan and force fed her pork so her kid wouldn't come out queer
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    Atheists (of the friendly variety): how do you think this holds up as a

    As an athiest I think if God did exist he would have better things to do than to tell kittens to jump into water for your amuesment
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    How do i get better at reading nonfiction?

    i'm currently trying to read sam harris' book "the end of faith" but as i read it the main points don't stick so i'm reading without understanding what i'm reading. HELP. I'm 21 and i feel like an idiot.
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    What happens if someone exercises a call option after I sell it to them?

    So after I sell to close a call option, and the person I sold to decides to exercise as opposed to just reselling, would I be on the hook for using a margin loan to purchase the stocks for him?
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    Who would pay anti AGW climate scientists?

    Like it or not, all people that pay for research have one outcome in mind that they are only willing to pay for. If oil companies do, they are just called biased. Geologist that don't believe in AGW are being paid by their day job. Not believing is not good for their career, so how could any...
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    Can you name this story about a man who contemplates suicide?

    It is a short story or an excerpt. It tells of a man who everyday wakes up, picks up a gun off his table, and presses it to his head. He rubs his face with it and licks the barrel. Doing this makes him feel more alive. I was thinking it might have been Nietzsche, Camus, or Dostoevsky, but i...
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    Can you name this story about a man who contemplates suicide?

    It is a short story or an excerpt. It tells of a man who everyday wakes up, picks up a gun off his table, and presses it to his head. He rubs his face with it and licks the barrel. Doing this makes him feel more alive. I was thinking it might have been Nietzsche, Camus, or Dostoevsky, nut i...
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    How harmful is battery acid powder in a tv remote to one's health (PLEASE ANSWER)?

    I opened my tv remote the other day and didn't know it was there and some came out. If i had ingested some would i be ok? It's not fluid. Just powder No i would not purposely ingest it. It came up at me as well as on my hands when i was trying to get the batteries out of the terminal.
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