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What happened to Jesus?

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?...
20:27 Thu 04th Oct 200710 answers, last by Lysistrata 00:02 Tue 08th Apr 2008
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Latin roots - bellus and bellum

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...
20:09 Tue 24th Jul 20074 answers, last by THECORBYLOON 21:31 Wed 25th Jul 2007
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in the loop

Did this phrase, referring to a circuit of information, come into use with audio recording systems? or does it predate that?
21:22 Tue 20th Feb 20071 answer, last by Clanad 22:18 Tue 20th Feb 2007
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Idioms using "up"

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"...
00:19 Wed 15th Nov 20063 answers, last by dr john 12:27 Thu 16th Nov 2006
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name that modern American classic

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...
00:54 Sat 30th Sep 20062 answers, last by Kingaroo 01:17 Mon 02nd Oct 2006
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name that mystery author

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...
01:08 Sun 27th Aug 20063 answers, last by shaneystar2 18:52 Mon 28th Aug 2006
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way back

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...
20:00 Wed 12th Jul 20061 answer, last by frenchfriar 19:16 Tue 25th Jul 2006
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Other Q&A sites?

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...
04:34 Thu 15th Jun 20069 answers, last by Kingaroo 21:59 Tue 20th Jun 2006
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Arabs?

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...
18:26 Thu 04th May 200614 answers, last by Booldawg 21:53 Mon 15th May 2006
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Heathcliff

Does Heathcliff have only one name (like Cher and Madonna)? Is that because he is an orphan?
23:54 Fri 28th Apr 20062 answers, last by dumb 12:09 Sat 29th Apr 2006
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PhilBy - anonymous journalists?

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...
18:16 Wed 12th Apr 20066 answers, last by Kingaroo 23:42 Sun 16th Apr 2006
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johnny and june

Did Johnny Cash really propose to June Carter on stage, as shown in the move Walk the Line?
19:40 Sat 04th Mar 20061 answer, last by shaneystar2 20:35 Sat 04th Mar 2006
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Latin and greek etymology

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?
00:36 Fri 03rd Mar 20061 answer, last by sparklyspin 00:55 Fri 03rd Mar 2006
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principal principle

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...
16:00 Mon 27th Feb 20064 answers, last by Xollob 09:18 Wed 01st Mar 2006
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movie about next dalai lama

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.
23:16 Fri 27th Jan 20063 answers, last by Papersinn 14:50 Tue 09th Jun 2009
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jazzing up danish butter cookies

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...
18:25 Mon 19th Dec 20052 answers, last by spudqueen 13:41 Tue 20th Dec 2005
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question for Brits about teatime

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...
03:08 Sun 06th Nov 200513 answers, last by timecode 18:52 Tue 08th Nov 2005
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volpintesta

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...
23:26 Tue 18th Oct 20052 answers, last by Peter Pedant 19:09 Wed 19th Oct 2005

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