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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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April 27
1913: The March of the Lone Baptist. The RCR, Halifax
1921: German reparations for WW I fixed at 200 million gold marks (about $40 billion US)
1945: OLDENBURG, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 5 May 45)
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