Word: control
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There are many who see Y6B as a splendid accomplishment, one that reflects progress in the arenas of birth control, medicine, and technology. Thanks to modern healthcare, people have a longer life expectancy than ever before. A drastic reduction in the birth rates of most industrialized nations indicates that population growth is rapidly slowing. Moreover, although scientists long predicted that the earth could never support the numbers of people alive today, the ability of the human race to adapt to their environment seems (so far) to have debunked that theory. From this perspective, it would seem that we have truly...
...member countries, who have the resources and the manpower necessary to help make a significant difference. Many of the best solutions have already begun to be implemented and need only to be improved and expanded upon. For example, the U.N. should be more proactive with its birth control information and distribution programs in areas that need it most. And industrialized nations need to continue to research and develop alternate energy sources, more efficient pollution controls, and better waste disposal methods...
...think people are very happy that it is happening and that they are going to have control over their own community," said Robert Parks, RTH's executive director...
...against the bill that began Thursday, and a military spokesman said Friday the law had been withdrawn because "half the people do not understand its contents." The climb-down is a second humiliation for the Indonesian military only five days after it was forced to accept foreign peacekeepers' taking control of its old stamping grounds in East Timor...
...nation are shrieking their lungs out. On the one hand, they?re chalking up the highest-ever rates of childhood immunizations, and on the other they?re bemoaning the fact that so many kids still remain out of reach. According to numbers released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control, in 1998, 80.6 percent of children 19 to 35 months had the complete series of recommended shots for the big three of childhood disease: measles, polio and tetanus/diphtheria. That?s up from 76.2 percent only four years ago. The downside, of course, lies in the remaining 19.4 percent of toddlers...