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Pretty simple question. With Obama's two girls moving in, I was just curious have there been more presidential daughters or more presidential sons living, in residence, at the White House (i.e. I'm not counting grown up children who lived elsewhere). Anyone know?

Hi,

I'm heading from Earls Court to Twickenham. I was going to take the District line to Richmond, and then wanted to catch a train for one stop to Twickenham.

I'm a bit confused about the Oyster and passes. I wanted to buy a 1 week zone 1-4(?) travel card and have it on my Oyster. My question is can I use the Oyster w/ travel card at Richmond to transfer, and at Twickenham to exit/enter?

I'm looking for a good book about the British Empire, including any defenses of imperialism and why it was needed or necessary. However, I'm not looking for a modern 'looking back with hindsight' book but rather something was written about 100 years ago and stands out as a major work in this field. Something guys like Cecil Rhodes would have read that provided intellectual arguments for colonialism and the British Empire. I want to get a feel for why they felt that way by reading the books they read back then.

Any suggestions? Anything of such note that it is still required reading today?

I travel frequently to the UK and it would be a great convenience if I could open a UK bank account, eventhough I reside in the US and am a US citizen.

Does anyone know of any UK banks that allow US citizens *resident in the USA* to open a bank account? (the residency requirement is really the toughest part, so I've come to learn).

Yea, this is from a long long time ago. But back when MTV's Real World went to London, in the first episode, just after they introduced the flatmate 'Lars' they played a song...and I can't remember much of it, but I think it started with a line like 'It's a Popular Misconception'.

It was kind of bouncy--britpop'y. Don't think it was Blur but it was around that time when Blur was pretty hip.

Anyone know the song or have the DVD?

I know--it was awhile ago...

Yea, this is from a long long time ago. But back when MTV's Real World went to London, in the first episode, just after they introduced the flatmate 'Lars' they played a song...and I can't remember much of it, but I think it started with a line like 'It's a Popular Misconception'.

It was kind of bouncy--britpop'y. Don't think it was Blur but it was around that time when Blur was pretty hip.

Anyone know the song or have the DVD?

I know--it was awhile ago...

All this talk about Prince Harry going to Iraq got me wondering: Who was the last member of the British Royal family to be killed in combat? I'm sure there are some extended members who were killed in one of the World Wars, but I was wondering who, if any, of the immediate Royal family have been killed in action?

I recall reading in a book (I think it was a Churchill biography) about a protest in the early 20th century in which a bunch of striking union workers (maybe coal miners) were marching through London and came to Downing Street. They turned to head to 10 Downing, which was guarded by one sole policemen, and things looked like they would get ugly.

But just then, a few soldiers from the Household Cavalry next door rode over, dismounted, and drew their swords. The protestors yelled a bit but no one dared to advance.

Does anyone know which book this was in (and what page) or have a site that has more details about this event?