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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” in Afghanistan have lost a few hundred servicemen and women, compared with the 10,000 (lowest estimate) Afghans who have died, most of them civilians.
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 done. thanks very much. guest: thank you. .. frederick law olmstead. mr. trained to report on mr. olmstead s numerous designs which include new york city s central park in boston s emerald necklace and also, mr. olmstead s experience as a journalist and abolitionist. 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 though
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 that can happen afterwards moved so fast, just like today. but i m not sure we can still produce this genius of place. but anyway, justin is a highly praised has written two great biographies, one about alan greenspan and what about ralph nader. he lives in forest hills gardens in a beautiful place in queens. and was designed by olmstead said. which one? will be more casual. not charlie. anyway, s