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...smothering it. It was not until the century was nearly two-thirds over that scientists and governments finally bestirred themselves to do something about it. The first great brake on population growth came in the early 1960s, with the development of the birth-control pill, a magic pharmacological bullet that made contraception easier--not to mention tidier--than it had ever been before. In 1969 the United Nations got in on the population game, creating the U.N. Population Fund, a global organization dedicated to bringing family-planning techniques to women who would not otherwise have them. In the decades that...
...Global Green Deal is no silver bullet. It can, however, buy us time to make the more deep-seated changes--in our often excessive appetites, in our curious belief that humans are the center of the universe, in our sheer numbers--that will be necessary to repair our relationship with our environment...
Citizens of Cambridge are going to see the value of a high school diploma rise dramatically in the next few years. Cities and towns across the commonwealth are making unprecedented commitments to public schools, and Cambridge is no exception. Taxpayers ought to look to the future and bite the bullet now. An investment in CRLS now will pay off many times over down the road...
...beginning. On Tuesday, Diallo's parents filed civil charges against the policemen and the city. It's a hefty suit, complete with symbolism-laden monetary demands: Kadiatou and Saikou Diallo are asking $20 million in damages and $41 million for pain and suffering - one million dollars for every bullet fired on their unarmed...
...ronic that King is seen peering out of an Apple iMac on your cover. Those of us who own Macintosh computers (like King) were disappointed when we tried to download his Riding the Bullet and found that only PC users could partake. I guess we will just have to "bite the bullet" for now. JOHN ALFENITO Northridge, Calif...