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Who is Christopher Lee?

a great british actor who stared in many classic horror movies and the lord of the rings movies as saruman and the star wars prequel trilogy as count dooku. he also played wil… (MORE)

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Who is Alexander?

Alexander the great is the king of Macedonia, he contributed a lot to the Macedonian expansion. One of his most famous story was about him taming a horse thought to be impossi…ble to tame-Bucephalus. Bucephalus is described as having a black coat with a large white star on his brow. He is also supposed to have had a "wall", or blue eye, and his breeding was that of the "best Thessalian strain." Plutarch tells the story of how, in 344 BC, a thirteen-year-old Alexander won the horse. A horse dealer named Philonicus the Thessalian offered Bucephalus to King Philip II for the sum of 13 talents, but because no one could tame the animal, Philip was not interested. However, Philip's son Alexander was. He promised to pay for the horse himself should he fail to tame it. He was given a chance and surprised all by subduing it. He spoke soothingly to the horse and turned it towards the sun so that it could no longer see its own shadow, which had been the cause of its distress. Dropping his fluttering cloak as well, Alexander successfully tamed the horse. Plutarch says that the incident so impressed Philip that he told the boy, "O my son, look thee out a kingdom equal to and worthy of thyself, for Macedonia is too little for thee." Philip's speech strikes the only false note in the anecdote, according to AR Anderson, who noted his words as the embryo of the legend fully developed in the History of Alexander the Great I.15, 17 In the spring of 327 BC, Alexander and his army marched into India invading Punjab. The greatest of Alexander's battles in India was at the river Hydaspes, against king Porus, one of the most powerful Indian rulers. In the summer of 326 BC, Alexander's army crossed the heavily defended river during a violent thunderstorm to meet Porus' forces. The Indians were defeated in a fierce battle, even though they fought with elephants, which the Macedonians had never seen before. Porus was captured and like the other local rulers he had defeated, Alexander allowed him to continue to govern his territory. In this battle, his horse-Bucephalus was wounded and died. Alexander the great was grief-stricken and later, he founded a city which he named Buckephalia, in his horse's name. *there's more of Alexander's tale, but this one is most familiar to me, and so, i decided to use this one as my answer* (MORE)

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I was born a Catholic and have never wavered in my faith in over 70 years. I had 12 years of Catholic education in my youth - both primary and secondary schools. I went on to teach science and theology in a local Catholic school for 13 years and, although retired, I continue with ministries in the Church. I have a large personal collection of genuine relics of Jesus Christ and many saints and use them to teach younger generations about the lives of the saints. My ministry has a website about relics and how to detect fake relics.

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Who was Saint Christopher?

St. Christopher is one of the legendary saints who may have never existed. There is little information about him that is reliable. Tradition tells us that he was martyred … (MORE)

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Who was Christopher Lee?

Christopher Lee was born in London, England. He is an actor(he is still alive). His most famous role was acting as Dracula. BTW he's still living so I don't understand what … (MORE)

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Where was Christopher Columbus from?

Christopher Columbus was born in the Republic of Genoa (Italy) in 1451. He later moved to Spain. His exact nationality is unknown. Being Genoese, he may have been … (MORE)

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Who is Christopher Lloyd?

He was the actor who played the scientist in the Back to the Future movies.

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What is better the you phone 5c or 5s?

the 5s because it has better service but it dosent have diffrent colrs just silver gold and black

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What did Saint Christopher do?

Saint Christopher was a large man from Palestine who helped travelers cross a raging river like a human ferry. One day a small child asked to be carried across the river. The … (MORE)

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Who is Christopher lampton?

Christopher Lampton is the author of more than 90 books, including the bestselling Flights of Fantasy (Waite Group Press, 1993), about programming 3D video games in C++. He ha… (MORE)

Anand Mehta

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Statistician / Economist formerly employed in various Government Departments in the UK, freelance mathematics and statistics tutor since retiring in 2008, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.

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What is the answer to 20c plus 5 equals 5c plus 65?

20c + 5 = 5c + 65 Divide through by 5: 4c + 1 = c + 13 Subtract c from both sides: 3c + 1 = 13 Subtract 1 from both sides: 3c = 12 Divide both sides by 3: c = 4