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the constitution

In 1951, an amendment to the constitution set a limit on the number of terms a president may serve. Does anyone KNOW WHY this amendment was passed?

cockneyexile

m6 preston by pass

hi can anyone tell me when this opened? also not long after opening for a matter of days it shut can anyone tell me why

Devi

Colonial writers attitude towards hard work

1. What attitude toward hard work is dominant in early colonial writing? Explain this attitude, illustrating with at least six quotes. Quote from works by writers from both colonial regions ( Virginia...

sherby

Art about schizophrenia

Anyone know of any artists or paintings that are about people being schizophrenic?

slimfandango

Sudan 1

Is Sudan 1 really dangerous? I've been using worcester sauce for ages and have not noticed that there are any effects,but I have heard that whe

milly143

a question about bacteria

this may be in the wrong plae but I was wondering, if products like Dettol can kill 99.9% of bacteria, why can't it kill 100%?

slimfandango

Number theory

What is number theory and why is it the 'hardest' end of maths.

rojash

What's a preemie?

I've just seen this ad on AB and its says "Parent of a Preemie?" I've never heard of such a thing: what is it?

OBonio

Decimals

Is there such a number as 0.9 recurring. If so, then how can decimals truly represent 1/3. Is this not a huge failure of the system?

Snappy

Billy Liar

My grandma often says my little sister is Billy Liar. Has anyone else heard of him? I assume he lied a lot! We're geordie as well so i dont know, is this just a geordie thing?

Andy008

Assaulting a copper

This is a thoroughly immature question, and probably requires someone of a legal bent to answer...if I punch an off-duty policeman in the pub, and I know he's a copper, what happens?

badhorsey

Grammar question

Which of these is correct: "The IT department have recently..." or "The IT department has recently..."? My feeling is that it's the former, since the department in question is commonly referred to as...

Xword_addict

Roy Keane

Does anybody know what his fifth child was called and when it was born?

Andy008

Ken Bigley

Having only recently found this site, I will use it as an opportunity to ask a question which has been eating at me for ages. In October last year the British hostage Ken Bigley was murdered by...

Bella2202

Glacetic Acid ?

What does the glacial part of glacial acetic acid mean ?

gingerflaps

english pound coin

can any1 tell me wot the words mean on the edge of an english pound coin

In A Pickle

Question or Answer?

Somebody once said "A question is better, stronger, more dynamic than an answer." What do YOU think?

greendog

catholic monarchs

can britain have a catholic monarch?

donogn

ghetto

What is a ghetto?

Dom Tuk

Knighthoods and taking them away

Dont you think Prof. Sir Roy Meadows could be unknighted for all the misery that his work and theories have caused to the families concerned. I would suggest Arthur C Clarke should no...