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By Readers' letters I AM puzzled by the proposal to create a memorial in York to local servicemen who have died in Afghanistan. Firstly, we seem to have fallen into a habit of referring to every young man who has volunteered to join the army, and been sent to Afghanistan, as a “hero”. I wonder why? Second, compared with other wars for which public monuments have been erected, it seems the proposed memorial is just to commemorate three young men from the York area. Yes, every death is a tragedy, but the combined “allies” i...
ransoms which may other senior officials have been accused of taking. i think he has been partially effective. ewl is not a piracy area. he has sent flat board trucks. ewl is no longer a pirate base. they moved south -- they move all over the place. it's like a game of whacamole and you have to make it difficult for a pirate to launch a mission. >> host: jay bahadur thanks very much for the issue. i think the book is well worth everybody reading also important for policymakers to begin to start to think about this. you deserve a lot of praise for your courage and for getting this don...
this is about an hour and 20. [applause] >> thank you very much. this is great fun for me. i ran classic park for 20 years than i thought i had read everything there was to know about frederick law olmstead until i read justin's boat. it is a very, very fabulous and fun book to read. i was very pleased that justin asked me to come and ask him a few questions about olmstead because i learned so much in this book. plus i learned a lot about the history of that time period, which is a fascinating time. the time before the civil war, what is happening in this country, all the things tha...