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Does anyone own the Tall Tarzan Gift Shelf? It's a collection of a couple dozen 60s-era Burroughs Ballantine paperbacks in two cardboard cases, each ~ 5" x 15", with two tiers. There's a pic of the spine at the bottom of
this page (which incorrectly lists the set as one case of 20 books). I'm trying to figure out how many and which titles were originally included in the full set of two cases.
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at 5:50 PM on June 26, 2008
When was the last time scholars discovered a previously unknown piece of literature from ancient Greece or Rome? Has it happened at all in modern times? If you were to speculate on the chances we'll ever rediscover another play from Euripides, Sophocles, et al, are there any relatively recent discoveries of new works from ancient Greek and Roman authors you could use as examples?
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at 5:20 PM on May 19, 2008
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Seasonal allergy relief: I've read a bunch of the previous questions, but was wondering about allergy medicines that have gone prescription to over-the-counter or brand-name to generic since last spring. I know there's a
generic Zyrtec now, but was wondering if there are any others that might be more affordable/available than they were last spring.
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at 10:33 PM on February 7, 2008
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A crate of homegrown turnips showed up in my life yesterday. I've never cooked with turnips before (hell, I don't recall ever eating them before). Do you have any particularly delicious ways of using turnips? I know I can treat them like
mashed potatoes, which sounds good.
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at 7:17 PM on January 10, 2008
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Maxime, si tu vis, cupio contendere tecum. Need help translating this "detestable Latin hexameter" (well, that's what the
1911 Britannica called it, anyway).
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at 11:17 AM on December 16, 2007
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It's July, I'm in central North Carolina (Zone 7 or 8 depending who you ask), and I have an unused, mostly shaded 3' x 6' dirt plot at the side of our front lawn that I'd love to put some color in to brighten the neighborhood. What can I plant there now that'll give me the most color through the fall? Annual or perennial, bonus points for drought-tolerant but that's not essential).
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at 11:07 AM on July 2, 2007
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Have you ever been able to get someone who constantly, tunelessly whistles to themselves to stop?
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at 7:45 PM on February 22, 2007
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I work at an independent used book and music shop in the US, and know about
Daedalus and Scorpio. Help me find other wholesalers of classic jazz, blues, country, rock and punk CDs.
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at 10:11 PM on November 1, 2006
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Refused service at a Wendy's drive-thru window because you're on a bike. Why?
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at 10:25 PM on September 21, 2006
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Any suggestions for classic literature that offers the hope of belly laughs? I'm looking for laugh-out-loud funny classic fiction, preferably pre-1900. Kind of like
this question, but with books instead of movies.
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at 9:03 PM on May 8, 2006
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North Carolina starts its new statewide lottery next week. Is it reasonable to assume that in the early days the lottery company will offer more than the usual number of small prizes as a way to get folks excited? I saw
this thread, and
this comment that claims it's true the odds are better at the start of new games, but I'm looking for evidence of actual lottery practice.
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at 9:31 PM on March 22, 2006
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Do any of the big video game tournaments around the world drug-test players?
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at 4:31 PM on February 11, 2006
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A geographer friend needs to identify this movie for a paper: We zoom in via satellite to watch an infrared image of an assassin leaving a tent at night in a desert to enter another tent and kill someone.
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at 10:10 PM on January 12, 2006
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What is the name of the medicine or medicines that vets prescribe to fight the worm inside cats that looks like a small white grain of rice?
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at 5:26 AM on December 6, 2005
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Why was Joss Wheedon's
Firefly series cancelled?
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at 7:30 PM on October 2, 2005
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Are there any electronic periodical databases that include
Playboy magazine articles? I'm looking for a story about sexual shenanigans in Eufaula, Alabama that probably appeared between 10 and 20 years ago, and EBSCOhost, Academic Universe and Playboy.com are no help. Is there a
Playboy article index anywhere, perhaps similar to
this? Does Nexis index
Playboy?
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at 9:22 AM on August 22, 2005
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Anyone know where to get basic plans to build a pet door? Specifically, I'd like plans for a door to be used in a sash window. I'm sure I can make one for less than
$110, but can't find a plan online. Is there a good book that can help with this kind of thing?
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at 7:41 PM on July 5, 2005
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A smart Venezuelan acquaintance is looking for fiction to help improve his understanding of current American idioms and slang.
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at 9:05 AM on June 5, 2005
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A couple of recent new acquaintances have
strabismus (I don't like the term "lazy eye," sorry; it's a deviation of the alignment of one eye in relation to the other). Do people with strabismus generally prefer that the folks they're speaking with focus on one eye over the other? If it's not uncommon for one of the person's eyes to develop more strongly than the other, would it be polite to simply ask a casual acquaintance if they prefer that I look into the left or right eye as we talk together?
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at 10:25 PM on April 28, 2005
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Where did the term "meatspace" originate? I know it
entered the OED in 2000 (alongside "gaydar," "cybersquatting" and "Frankenfood"), and I see
The Word Spy credits a 1995 article about John Perry Barlow as the "earliest citation," but I think I saw it in cyberpunk sci-fi before that. Anyone got an earlier appearance than 1995?
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at 8:33 PM on March 2, 2005
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Spoilerfilter: What happens in books 2 and 3 of Tad Williams'
Otherland series? I read the first book and liked much of it, particularly some of the characterization, but dreaded the long, rambling stretches where characters like Paul Jonas wander aimlessly through a series of detailed-but-not-plot-relevant virtual landscapes. Reviewers almost always mention that the series drags in the 2nd and 3rd books -- "
nothing significant happens," "
the characters seem to jump from one exotic locale to another without any real explanation about why they're there" -- so I've decided to jump to book four. What useful plot information do I need from among the 1400+ pages of aimless wandering in books two and three?
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at 5:05 PM on February 19, 2005
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Haydn wrote "Mass in Time of War" as Napoleon was advancing on Vienna; Shostakovich wrote his seventh symphony during the siege of Leningrad. I'm looking for other pieces/songs written by musicians living under conditions of war - under siege, in the thick of battle, or in similar dire straits.
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at 7:32 PM on January 17, 2005
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