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...might say the fate of St. Louis was sealed when railroads replaced steamboats, but enterprise and good order kept the city chugging along through World War II. In 1950, it had a peak population of about 850,000 people and was home to such corporations as Ralston-Purina, May Department Stores and McDonnell Douglas...
...Australia Walks Out The Australian government withdrew troops from Iraq not because their work was done but for political reasons [June 16]. Once again, the burden falls on American soldiers. Have we forgotten how much we owe the Americans for their sacrifices in World War II? Where is the strength of character that says you stand by your friends in bad times as well as good? Eric Wilson, Clear Island Waters, Queensland...
Defending Jimmy Carter In his article "In Carter's shadow," Ramesh Ponnuru states that former President Carter "eked out a paper-thin victory only because of Watergate, stagflation and defeat in Vietnam" [June 9]. That's like saying we won World War II only because we had a superior military, we were a united country and right was on our side! Phil Kenny, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO...
...shrink the dead zone is to reduce the amount of fertilizer running off those farms. But thanks in part to the push for corn-based ethanol and the skyrocketing price of food crops, U.S. farmers are planting more acres for corn than they have since World War II - including 15 million more acres last year than in 2006. Although there are measures farmers can take to limit fertilizer runoff, those changes are expensive, and there's little federal funding to support such conservation. The just-released action plan relies mostly on voluntary activities. "We need Congress...
...Japanese citizens oppose changing the constitution to allow the nation to establish a military. Such a change would overturn the government's policy of not having a traditional military, an edict that was established following the end of World War II...