When did manufacturers begin naming car models as opposed to just using letters and numbers (Model T)?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Answer Person you assumes you mean other than “that d@#n” as the inventors struggled with the new technology. Actually, first commercially available car appears to have been the “Duryea,” manufactured by Duryea, in 1895. So [...]

You say you hope the committee does its job in picking the next president of Duke. But is the committee composed of the right members? It has very little student input, with just one undergrad and one grad student. Is this typical of search committees at Duke, past and present? And do such committees at [...]

Was the war with Iraq just? Does it meet the qualifications for a just war?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Justness of wars, as with the assignment of blame for war crimes, usually resides in the hands of the victors. Well, we managed to defeat a poorly equipped army (and air force?) with nothing more than vastly [...]

Answer Person, who do you think should be the next president of Duke University?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Would you be surprised if Answer Person told you he/she already knows who the next president will be? No decision has been made, but sometimes a clairvoyant AP just knows.

As to the person AP would like to [...]

Why when you turn off the TV, is there sometimes a green dot in the middle, or a green stripe accross the screen?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: The dot or line is not always green, but they are always watching you, no matter the color.

Actually, the images on a TV screen are created by an [...]

What is the best restaurant in Durham/Chapel Hill? And the best for under $10? Extra points if you don’t use Magnolia Grill, just because I already know about that.

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Best restaurants, like TV shows, movies, bands, books and salad dressings, are matters of personal preference. Answer Person personally feels several local Mexican [...]

What should I do this summer? I want to be a sommelier and have no idea how I might get entrance into the field. I speak pretty good Spanish and would love to work abroad, perhaps in vidiculture. The career center has not been helpful. Also, does the term sommelier apply only to the wine [...]

Last year there was this amazingly cool trashcan in front of the Allen building that was shaped like a dolphin, but it was only there for a little while. I’m going to graduate, and I would love to have that guy (or more likely one of his buddies) back in front of the Allen building. [...]

I’m not quite sure who I should be suggesting this to, but perhaps you could forward it.

In doing research I came across an excellent database on refugee issues/refugee studies. It would be particuarly useful to Humanitarian Challenges FOCUS students as well as PPS or History classes.

I’m not sure how the Library could incorporate [...]