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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
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Once upon a time we knew what to do. A British district officer, coming upon a scene of suttee, was told by the locals that in Hindu culture it was the custom to cremate a widow on her husband's funeral pyre. He replied that in British culture it was the custom to hang chaps who did that sort of thing. There are many great things about India - curry, pyjamas, sitars, software engineers -- but suttee was not one of them. What a pity we're no longer capable of being 'judgmental' and 'discriminating'.
- Mark Steyn
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June 25
1857: Queen Victoria distributes VCs at Hyde Park
1875: The Prince Edward Island Regiment: Parva Sub Ingenti
1917: First fighting contingent of American troops land in France
1944: THE ODON, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 2 Jul 44)
1950: The Korean War begins
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