Cool thread, and you've already had some great examples. A few more things that
come to mind:
The Narasimha avatar from Hindu tradition, where a man-lion emerges out of a
pillar.
See link for the wiki version of the story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narasimha
There are a number of local
The Kashmir valley does not have the longstanding and sophisticated trading
systems and infrastructure that Switzerland does, which make the Swiss a viable
economic entity. Developing them would require decades of investment and
subsidies from _somewhere_, as well as active supply of essential
I could not agree more. Which is why I favour a plebiscite.
Cheers
Divya
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Giancarlo Livraghi wrote:
I don't think I have an accent, though sometimes people in the South
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One of the most amusing things to happen to me is people in Southern Italy
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Just use the Spanish system. It scales...
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