Roe v. Wade was a United States Supreme Court case. The outcome of the case gave legal definitions to things such a viability of a fetus, and set many regulations involving abortion.
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Off-road racing is a format of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles compete in races on off-road courses. This category includes cars, trucks (Baja and Monster), motorcycles, ATV's and buggies.
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Crazy Horse was a Lakota war leader. He fought against the cavalry to resist the relocation of his people. He led the charge at The Battle of Little Bighorn. He was later killed with a bayonet while resisting imprisonment.
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One of the four Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments held every January in Australia.
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Ask questions here about the Canadian Armed Forces including its three main branches: the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Ask questions here about equestrian sports including eventing, dressage, show-jumping, point to point, racing, endurance, reining, trotting, carriage driving, barrel racing, pole bending, driving, rodeo, vaulting, polo, showing, and more.
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Australia is governed by a federal constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy. Ask questions here about Australian government history, organization and traditions.
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Little Women is a fiction novel written by American author Louisa May Alcott. Set in the Alcott family home, the book was published in 1868 and is loosely based on the lives of the Alcott family and the four sisters; Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March. Written for girls, Little Women has three major themes: domesticity, work, and true love. All three themes are interdependent and each one necessary to demonstrate the heroine’s individual identity. It has been said that within Little Women can be found the first vision of the “American Girl,” embodied in the aspects of the differing March sisters.
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The Volvo 940 was a mid-size luxury car manufactured by Volvo Cars from 1991 to 1998. This model was among the company’s long-running product line of large RWD (rear wheel drive) cars.
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The Clio II is a rebadged second-generation model of the Renault Clio. Available in hatchback or sedan body styles, the vehicle is equipped with 2,472 mm (97.3 in) wheelbase and four-speed automatic or five-speed manual transmission.
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Gray whales are easily recognized by the gray patches and white mottling on their skin. Using its double blow hole it can spout up to 15 feet into the air. Everything from the gray whales characteristics, diet, feeding habits and more can be found in this category.
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Super Paper Mario is a video game for the Nintendo Wii system. It combines the 2D aspects of paper Mario with the 3D aspects of super Mario by allowing Mario to "flip" from the second dimension to the third dimension and back.
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At the turn of the 20th century, classical music began moving away from its romantic period and into the modern era. Nobody was more instrumental to this shift than Claude Debussy. Direct all questions about Debussy's style, compositions, influences, and his historic rivalry with fellow composer Maurice Ravel, into this category.
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A frequent flyer program (FFP) is a program offered by different airlines to reward their loyal customers. Airline consumers enrolled in the program accumulate points based on how frequent and how far they travel.
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Dandruff is the shedding of dead skin cells from the scalp. This common condition is sometimes caused by frequent exposure to extreme cold and heat. Most cases of dandruff can be treated easily with the use of specialized shampoos.
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The New York Knicks are a NBA team who play in the Eastern Conference. Here you can ask questions about the coaches, the team records, the games, the players and anything else to do with the team.
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Non-US tax refers to the pecuniary burden imposed upon a taxpayer, who may be an individual or a legal entity, by any government or taxing authority other than the US government, its subdivision or instrumentality.
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Within the Catholic Church there are many groups and organizations that focus on specific works. Such orders include the Jesuits and the Franciscans.
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Halo 4 is a first person shooter developed for the Xbox 360. It was released November 2012. The setting is in 2557, and the player takes the role of the character, Master Chief.
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Alternative Rock is a genre of rock music that started to develop in the 1980's. It is characterized by unique messages, straying from mainstream musical culture and wandering towards indie labels. It includes sub-genres like independent pop, independent rock, some variations of folk and anti-folk, punk rock, etc.
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Located at Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, the Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of over 2,500 stars embedded into the sidewalk. The stars each display a name of a different entertainment icon, both fictional and non. Each star has a brass medallion that signifies which entertainment industry that person came from.
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Heath Ledger was an Australian actor who became popular in American films. He lived from 1979 to 2008, and won many awards for his films, including an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, which was awarded posthumously.
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The lightweight AR-15 was first introduced in 1958. The original AR-15s were produced by ArmaLite, but production rights were sold to Colt, who still makes them today.
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This category is for questions about the <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/skulduggery-pleasant-series">Skulduggery Pleasant</a> book series, written by Derek Landy.
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Charles Hardin Holley, better known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer/songwriter whose work influenced many great bands including The Beatles.
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"The Ranger's Apprentice" is a young adult book series written by John Flanagan. It follows the adventures of the orphaned Will as he studies under the famous ranger, Halt.
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Sir John A. Macdonald was the first president of Canada (1867–1873, 1878–1891) and also one of Canada's Fathers of Confederation. He spend 19 years as Canadian Prime Minister; only William Lyon Mackenzie King served longer for longer. He saw through the railroad construction which united Canada as one nation. By the time of his death in 1891, Canada has secured most of the territories it occupies today.
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The London Bridge crosses the Thames River. Although the London bridge is not remarkably long or large physically, it has an extensive history. The Romans built the roots of what would later become the site of the London Bridge around 50 AD, and the story continued on from there into what is now the modern version of the bridge.
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This category covers questions on the Xerox Corporation, a global document management company that manufactures and sells a variety of color and black-and-white printers, photo copiers, and printer paper, etc.
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RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and is a method of publishing a feed for a website or blog to allow users to view updated content on RSS readers such as Google Reader. RSS feeds are popular for Internet users who want to keep up on dozens of blogs but find it a nuisance to visit each one separately.
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