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hungarian newspapers reveled in the details. the spokeswoman for the administration does not see the problem. she says that the event took place here and that the gardens are often rented out for events. >> if the german company had gone directly to the organization, it would have been much cheaper. >> cheaper is the key word. commercial sex is cheaper in hungary than anywhere else in europe. it is advertised in german, english, and italian. most prostitutes in hungary lead a miserable life. there is no red light district to offer a protective working environment. >> sex work is eagle. illegal. >> prostitutes are at the mercy of being mistreated. a hungarian human rights organization has documented many such cases. prostitutes also lack health care and have diseases. hiv is widespread. >> these two women say that it is getting more brutal all the time. the price for their services begins at the equivalent of 15 euros. lots of their customers want unprotected sex. both women have also worked abroad. >> the head of the national in
hungarian newspapers reveled in the details. the spokeswoman for the administration does not see the problem. she says that the event took place here and that the gardens are often rented out for events. >> if the german company had gone directly to the organization, it would have been much cheaper. >> cheaper is the key word. commercial sex is cheaper in hungary than anywhere else in europe. it is advertised in german, english, and italian. most prostitutes in hungary lead a...
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tens of thousands of hungarians died or were wounded that day. eisenhower quickly concluded that the united states was no position to intervene in hungary. his allies were died down with the war in egypt. hungary was not accessible by sea. and the american forces could not respond by land without violating the territories of neutral or communist states. meanwhile, in the middle east, israel now controlled both the sinai and the gaza strip and held 5,000 egyptians prisoner. on monday, november 5th, election eve, british and the french paratroopers landed in egypt. and suddenly, the leaders of the soviet union poured more fuel on the international fire. the premier sent messages, alluding to modern weapons of destruction and rocket weapons. we are full of determination he wrote to crush the aggressor, and to re-establish peace in the middle east by using force. simultaneously, he proposed to eisenhower that the united states and the soviet union jointly mobilized their naval fleets to stop aggression and terminate further bloodshed. he warned the p
tens of thousands of hungarians died or were wounded that day. eisenhower quickly concluded that the united states was no position to intervene in hungary. his allies were died down with the war in egypt. hungary was not accessible by sea. and the american forces could not respond by land without violating the territories of neutral or communist states. meanwhile, in the middle east, israel now controlled both the sinai and the gaza strip and held 5,000 egyptians prisoner. on monday, november...
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the soviet union ordered 200,000 troops, tens of thousands of hungarian stock or were wounded that day. eisenhower quickly concluded that the united states was in no position to intervene in hungary and the allies were tied down in the war and egypt, hungary was not accessible but seen in the american forces could not respond by land without violating the trade of the mutual or communist states. meanwhile, in the middle east, israel now control both the sinai and the gaza strip and held 5,000 egyptians prisoner. on monday, november 5th, election eve, the british and french paratroopers landed in egypt and suddenly the leaders of the soviet union poured more fuel on the international fire. .. eisenhower interpreted the russian proposal as an ultimatum. he drove in the middle east, calling unthinkable. that was set at this favorite words, i'm in for both the united states would join forces with the soviet in the general assembly saturday ordered a cease-fire. unilateral action by the soviet union, eisenhower stated, would be forcefully opposed by the united states and ordered the sixth f
the soviet union ordered 200,000 troops, tens of thousands of hungarian stock or were wounded that day. eisenhower quickly concluded that the united states was in no position to intervene in hungary and the allies were tied down in the war and egypt, hungary was not accessible but seen in the american forces could not respond by land without violating the trade of the mutual or communist states. meanwhile, in the middle east, israel now control both the sinai and the gaza strip and held 5,000...
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you can enjoy that hungarian joy of life at the széchenyi baths. soak with the locals.of the city's two dozen or so traditional mineral baths, this is the most accessible and fun. budapest is hot, literally. it sits on a thin crust over thermal springs, which power all these baths. both the ancient romans and ottoman turks enjoyed these same mineral springs. they still say, "poke a hole in the ground anywhere in hungary, and you'll find hot water." magyars of all shapes and sizes squeeze themselves into tiny swimsuits and strut their stuff. babushkas float blissfully in the warm water. the speedo-clad old boys club gathers pensively around soggy chessboards. and the circle of rapids brings out the kid in people of all ages. after 2,000 years of experience and innovation, locals have honed the art of enjoying their thermal hot springs. budapest straddles the danube river. on the west side is hilly buda, dominated by castle hill. the royal palace marks the place where one of europe's mightiest castles once stood. since the 14th century, hungary has been ruled from this sp
you can enjoy that hungarian joy of life at the széchenyi baths. soak with the locals.of the city's two dozen or so traditional mineral baths, this is the most accessible and fun. budapest is hot, literally. it sits on a thin crust over thermal springs, which power all these baths. both the ancient romans and ottoman turks enjoyed these same mineral springs. they still say, "poke a hole in the ground anywhere in hungary, and you'll find hot water." magyars of all shapes and sizes...
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year so you know my aim this weekend is to get our first full on the first practice session for the hungarian grand prix gets underway a little later on that is it for me for the moment i'm back with more sport in just under two hours. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on our team. twenty years ago the largest country in the world to certain places of. what had been achieved many of the beach began a journey. where did it take them. to . get. the big. guy took over the fourth quarter. this street still keeps its secrets but now it's time to reveal the shooting of the soviet files on the ati. in india they move joint people to. the gateway hotel the grand imperial true and told us to. go. run to the colonel was hotel treat. america's biggest creditor china lashes out at washington for putting the global economy at risk by not reaching agreement to keep its debt in check. so the eurozone dream turned sour the cost of dealing with a currency crisis undermines the promise of prosperity as an e.u. member. poland
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going on to formula one where defending champion sebastian vettel edge that lewis hamilton at the hungarian grand prix to take his eight zero position of the season last week's home race in germany was a disappointment for vettel and for a world champion finished outside the podium for the first time this year but legitimately broke the curfew on working overnights to overhaul veterans car and the changes helped him get back on top edging howell's and by less than two tenths of a second the second in florida are jenson button lines up third headed for honestly paymaster who at qualified been under alongside the first time in the season that is really hungry mark webber will start in six fred will. let x. now an olympic pole vault champion isn't by august so she's on course to reclaim her world title in south korea next month after the russian won gold at the latest diamond league meeting in stockholm the world record holder fearful for meters seventy six centimeters to clinch a picture of germans felt that the american dream so display ever put him behind her last week his opponent the no n
going on to formula one where defending champion sebastian vettel edge that lewis hamilton at the hungarian grand prix to take his eight zero position of the season last week's home race in germany was a disappointment for vettel and for a world champion finished outside the podium for the first time this year but legitimately broke the curfew on working overnights to overhaul veterans car and the changes helped him get back on top edging howell's and by less than two tenths of a second the...
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this weekend is to get our first full will say well the first practice session for the hungarian grown pretty gets underway in a couple of hours time that is it though for the moment from the sports desk i'm back in just under two hours. question was that so much i was about to feel in those eyes if i'm assuming the argument really can be i was told is the lord means are getting some are selling christian rock jesus jeans and even jesus poles is this the right way to promote appreciate. would be soo much brighter if you move out soon from funds to freshen some. nice clean start on t.v. don't come. in india in the movie the joint people. the gateway hotel the grand imperial truly told us to. sit down to go and. read this and the colonel was hotel retreat. america's biggest creditor china lashes out at washington for putting the global economy at risk but not reaching agreement to keep its debt in check. so that his dream turned sour the cost of dealing with the currency crisis undermines the promise of prosperity as an e.u. member. prepares to present its own perspective on what caused
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this weekend is to get our first four on the first practice session for the hungarian grand prix gets underway a little later on that is it for me for the moment i'm back here with more sport in just under two hours. hungry for the full story we've got it for us has the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on our teeth. twenty years ago the largest country in the business in two places. one hundred percent of the intelligence. where did it take. some. of. the book. if. it was the fourth quarter. this is true still keeps the sequence of announced times and reveal that in the soviet files an oxy.
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moving on to formula one where defending champion sebastian vettel edged that lewis hamilton at the hungarian grand prix to take his eight pole position of the season last week's home race in germany was a disappointment for vettel as a world champion finished outside the podium for the first time this year but red bull legitimately broke a curfew on working overnights to overhaul veterans car and the changes helped him get back on top edging hamilton by less than two tenths of a second the second mclaren of jenson button lines up third head to ferrari's philippe massa at qualified than under long as i for the first time in the season last year's winner in hungary mark webber will start in six for red bull. and let it snow in two time olympic pole vault champion yelena isinbayeva says she's on course to reclaim her world title in south korea next month after the russian won the gold the latest diamond league meeting in stockholm the world record holder cleared four meters seventy six centimeters to clinch a victory ahead of germany so that. the americans can serve as a way of putting behind h
moving on to formula one where defending champion sebastian vettel edged that lewis hamilton at the hungarian grand prix to take his eight pole position of the season last week's home race in germany was a disappointment for vettel as a world champion finished outside the podium for the first time this year but red bull legitimately broke a curfew on working overnights to overhaul veterans car and the changes helped him get back on top edging hamilton by less than two tenths of a second the...
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this weekend is to get our first full well the first practice session for the hungarian grand prey'staking place right now and i'll be able to tell you how they got on and i'm like splitting in a cup that starts by foot. question was that so much i was about to feel in those eyes in the form of them to give a real man because it's all just a lord means getting some or selling christian rock jesus jeans and even jesus pill is this the right way to promote appreciate. in india. the move to join. the gateway hotel the grand imperial truly told us to. go. run to the kennel was hotel retreat. america's biggest creditor china lashes out at washington for putting the global economy at risk but not reaching agreement to keep its debt in check. eurozone dream turned sour as a cost of dealing with the currency crisis some of the mines the promise of prosperity as an e.u. member. a polish reporter into the plane crash that killed the nation's president concludes the crew training and made grievous mistakes while landing. russian scientists claims keeping a close eye on the sun could help to pre
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well the first practice session for the hungarian ground pretty gets underway in a couple of hours' time but is it though for the moment from the sports desk i'm back in just under two. issues that so much as i would like to give a real improvement is the you are getting some are selling christian rock jesus jesus and even jesus pool is this the right way to promote. if. russia would be so much brighter if you knew more about someone from funds to freshen his. friends totty dot com. think.
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of formula one and mclaren's lewis hamilton was the fosters in both the friday's practice and the hungarian grand prix the briton outpaced ferrari's fernando alonso with foreign teammate jenson button and the red bulls not like that and sebastian vettel believes attaining pole position in saturday's qualifying will prove crucial for the actual race. this is it is very difficult to get this constantly returning did it really have ministries between each color to get up behind someone and so it is a little more much more like monaco in a sense but i think this is a track where you need to be a proposition and if it does appear and so we haven't had a pole position this year so. this weekend is to get our first full. focal nap and some let alone could become the world's highest earning player if the ins and cameron strike joins brazil that's in regard to call us out free spending russian side on drink let's hear all these contracts into syria and so twenty fourteen and house if he doesn't have any plans to leave that's the african star has to emerge as a top targets of the clubs in the souther
of formula one and mclaren's lewis hamilton was the fosters in both the friday's practice and the hungarian grand prix the briton outpaced ferrari's fernando alonso with foreign teammate jenson button and the red bulls not like that and sebastian vettel believes attaining pole position in saturday's qualifying will prove crucial for the actual race. this is it is very difficult to get this constantly returning did it really have ministries between each color to get up behind someone and so it...
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there are now a lot of the last remaining nazi war crimes suspects will soon learn his fate in a hungarian court a seven year old hero was charged was a massacred killing civilian hostages in serbia he was discovered living in budapest in two thousand and six and is one of the few left to stand trial for holocaust crimes reports from hungary. being described as the world's most wanted nazi now he stands accused of participation in a notorious massacre in the city you know he said in one thousand nine hundred sixty one thousand two hundred jewish and serbian people were killed by hunger in forces the prosecution say that he's directly responsible for the deaths the thirty six jewish people thirty if they were put in a lorry and given away to be shot at the call it's already been adjourned he complained that he couldn't understand what was being said and the judge in the trial said that he wasn't sure that this was even fully aware of what was going on and so an adjournment was cooled and in order for him to receive a hearing and mental health assessment and that is being restarted in the ve
there are now a lot of the last remaining nazi war crimes suspects will soon learn his fate in a hungarian court a seven year old hero was charged was a massacred killing civilian hostages in serbia he was discovered living in budapest in two thousand and six and is one of the few left to stand trial for holocaust crimes reports from hungary. being described as the world's most wanted nazi now he stands accused of participation in a notorious massacre in the city you know he said in one...
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i mean, gloomy sunday-- the so-called hungarian suicide song-- you know, i think that it was largelyere stories of people jumping out of windows after they heard it-- you know, distraught lovers whose despair was rekindled by hearing the song. i don't think those stories were true, necessarily. and certainly, it was a very different kind of song. the message was very different than strange fruit. you can imagine, though, the emotional toll of every night performing strange fruit and gloomy sunday. yeah, that's right, and then, you know, don't explain. there are a lot of other ones: you've changed. i mean, there's a limit to how many you can do, and she didn't always want to perform this song. and i think that when people leaned on her to perform this song, she often recoiled. i mean, she did it when she damn well felt like doing it. your book talks about this being a precursor to civil rights movement in this country, and yet, during the civil rights movement, you did not hear strange fruit as a rallying cry or a song. if you were marching, this was not an anthem. why is that? well,
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his wife decide to move to east harlem and work in the tenements there with mostly italians and hungarians. those were the two largest immigrant populations. new york at that time, the country is is coming off of, you know, explosion of immigrants that come to the country. i think a third of the 92 or so million people were first or second generation americans. and that's when you started to see the way the country was organized. things changed. he started down that path. routh, the second brother, also went to princeton. he became a engineer, quite conservative, very happy to live a good life and be fair to others, and you know, he was also very -- when the war began he enlisted right away and became a captain in the army. edwin thomas, the third brother was much more tortured. he saw that there were -- he looked around and he saw this kind of liberal questions tended to make, you know, were not doing anything. there was a lot of hypocritical self-satisfaction and all. he asked ago when the war broke out in europe, which is that in scotland. , came back over to be a conscientious objector
his wife decide to move to east harlem and work in the tenements there with mostly italians and hungarians. those were the two largest immigrant populations. new york at that time, the country is is coming off of, you know, explosion of immigrants that come to the country. i think a third of the 92 or so million people were first or second generation americans. and that's when you started to see the way the country was organized. things changed. he started down that path. routh, the second...
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>> the hungarians came up and took us to the border and we got out. >> bill: you been to afghanistan,ow libya, what is the most dangerous place? >> libya because the revolutionaries are not trained yet. >> bill: and you don't have any u.s. troops there. >> that is for sure. >> bill: when i was covering elal valuable information dor el salvador it was the same thing. global post, we do business with them on bill o'reilly .com. coming up, the best of the culture warriors have a few things to say. >> always looking out for the folks. >> i was looking out for the folks in connecticut. >> u you were. >> it was a close call between the three piece suit and the yellow sweater. >> bill: later, a hollywood icon who has seen it all. ernest borgnine will be here. a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. book it. major wow factor! wher
>> the hungarians came up and took us to the border and we got out. >> bill: you been to afghanistan,ow libya, what is the most dangerous place? >> libya because the revolutionaries are not trained yet. >> bill: and you don't have any u.s. troops there. >> that is for sure. >> bill: when i was covering elal valuable information dor el salvador it was the same thing. global post, we do business with them on bill o'reilly .com. coming up, the best of the...
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and his wife decided to move to east harlem and work in the tenements you will see cotillions and hungarianse are the two largest immigrant populations. at that time the country is just coming off the explosion of immigrants than the second-generation americans, anv the change and he started oncu that half. while the second brother became an engineer, quite conservative, very happy lived a good life and perfectly victorian young men she enlisted right away in the army. and if her brother was much more tortured. and this kind of effort they tended to make and were not doing anything and were not hypocritical. when the war broke out in europe and over the projection was and they're came back over the united states into the war and constantly have to push the boundaries to show that he was being treated on the self principles and keeping some kind of lights and in this young goose was less sure what to do. traveled to princeton, kind of didn't know what he wanted to do, thought about being a farmer, a missionary. >> you have these three mighty oaks in front of you to get down a bit in the morn
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next, a hungarian philosopher and great writer of essays who emigrated from romania in 1978 for a couple years at the university of budapest. he was fired for publishing and signing -- we don't have the notion of an illegal track. we believe all tracks are illegal. he became a leading figure in the movement eastern europe. he was elected to parliament in 1990 and became director of the institute of philosophy of the hungarian academy of science in 1991. in the mid 90s he stepped down from both of these positions and we are lucky to have him here today. to talk to us. thanks. [applause] >> very briefly i know time is tight. if i have to address the problem of one sort or another are needed i offer you the simplest argument. they are needed because capitalism is a word i haven't heard today. it is a conceptual sort of thing. capitalism has two basic languages in which to express itself. one is low and the others economics. both are intellectual pursuits. both are constructed from elements created by philosophy. capitalism itself and opposition to capitalism are of an intellectual nature. l
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the austro-hungarian cavalry was also fond of bright red and right blue and in fact didn't abandon those uniforms until two years into the war. yet another illusion i think was that something like the calvary itself could play a role in this war. these are french calvary here. all the armies had them. indian calvary that the british brought all the way from india to the western front. the famous luan lancers from germany. maybe i could get a glass of water or a bottle of water or something, if there is one. when the germans invaded france in 1914, the they did so with eight calvary divisions, 40,004 -- horses and you can just imagine how little chance a massive calvary charge had with, you know in the age of modern weaponry. nonetheless everybody practice for the great calvary charges like this british soldier who was drilling here. they anticipated a war that would almost be like knights in armor, like adjusting competition. the idea ideal for -- thanks. the idea of war was very closely allied to images of sport like this. in fact, the first correspondent of the london daily mail sent t
the austro-hungarian cavalry was also fond of bright red and right blue and in fact didn't abandon those uniforms until two years into the war. yet another illusion i think was that something like the calvary itself could play a role in this war. these are french calvary here. all the armies had them. indian calvary that the british brought all the way from india to the western front. the famous luan lancers from germany. maybe i could get a glass of water or a bottle of water or something, if...
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what kind of new ideas were allowed, and you have societies also in germany, parts of the austrian hungarian empire that by our standards were dirt poor, dramatically undereducated, had all sorts of things wrong with them. we're not democratic by any stretch of the imagination but yet had vital cultures that carried innovation a lot more strongly in percentage terms than what we're doing today. so i think we need to study these cultures more and what we often see in a lot of case studies, if you go to a place like cal tech, very innovative or in chicago, p.h.d. seminar, very innovative, singapore at the frontier, what i find to be the striking generalities, these cultures are not in every way nice and are actually something a little brutal about them. i think in some ways we've decided we don't quite want to be as innovative as we say we do. and some of the same issues that come up in a book, what it takes to be innovative, what kinds of norms are allowed or not, what kind of brutalities are involved, to what extent does our current culture actually stimulate innovation in the sense eight 19
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he was elected to parliament in 1990 and became the director of the philosophy of hungarian university philosophy. he stepped down from both of the positions in 1991. we are lucky to have him here today to talk to us. thanks. [applause] >> just very briefly, i know that time is tight. so if i have to address the problem why public intellectuals have one sort of another are needed, i'll offer you the simplest argument. they are needed because capitalism, it's a world i haven't heard today, capitalism is a conceptual sort of thing. capitalism has two basic languages. in which to express itself. one is law and the other is economics. both are intellectual pursuits, both are constructed from elements created by philosophy, and capitalism itself and opposition to capitalism both are of an intellectual nature. let me give you a simple example to offer you a contrast. thinking about the world in conceptual terms is not new. but the word about which such thought was practiced was not always conceptual itself. confucian said in his wonderful intellect that the duty, the main duty of the thinkin
he was elected to parliament in 1990 and became the director of the philosophy of hungarian university philosophy. he stepped down from both of the positions in 1991. we are lucky to have him here today to talk to us. thanks. [applause] >> just very briefly, i know that time is tight. so if i have to address the problem why public intellectuals have one sort of another are needed, i'll offer you the simplest argument. they are needed because capitalism, it's a world i haven't heard today,...
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i was a hungarian refugee. at the time, i spoke no english whatsoever. and coming from a communist country, i was not allowed to go to school there. so, for me, the dream was two-fold. number one, to get a university diploma, which i did. and secondly, to see communism die. and that came about in 1990, thanks to 45 years of hard work by the united states government, both democrats and republicans throughout the years. now, obviously the dream for everybody is different. but as i've been listening for the past hour about all the dreams, it appears to me that most of the people are looking at it from a materialistic point of view. for me, freedom is more important than anything else. to me, it is the practice of religion. i don't care which religion you want to believe in, but to practice that religion, and i see that you are less and less likely to be allowed by a big cover. we are building america to practice your religion, to practice your belief in laws, to accept responsibility for individually and as families and as government for your actions, and i
i was a hungarian refugee. at the time, i spoke no english whatsoever. and coming from a communist country, i was not allowed to go to school there. so, for me, the dream was two-fold. number one, to get a university diploma, which i did. and secondly, to see communism die. and that came about in 1990, thanks to 45 years of hard work by the united states government, both democrats and republicans throughout the years. now, obviously the dream for everybody is different. but as i've been...