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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 26
1860: The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada: In Pace Paratus (In peace prepared)
1986: An explosion of Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine resulted in a nuclear meltdown sending radioactivity into the atmosphere. The Radiation fallout spread throughout Europe. Chernobyl disaster is considered the largest nuclear accident in history.
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