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Your story on overpopulation propagates a myth that serves to justify abortion, infanticide and euthanasia. The facts simply do not support your dire assertions. If all the people of the world were brought together in one place, they could stand, without touching, in less than 400 sq. mi...
...other's hand. Britain feared that Peking would make good on its unilateral threat. The Chinese in turn realized that in undermining the colony's confidence, they were in danger of radically devaluing the precious capitalist gem they expected to acquire. After all, the 400-sq.-mi. enclave boasts exports greater than those of the entire People's Republic and supplies China with some 40% of its foreign exchange. Most important, perhaps, Peking hoped that by transforming Hong Kong into a semiautonomous special administrative zone without fuss, it could tempt Taiwan to enter into a similar arrangement...
...month-old Iran-Iraq war sputtered along last week, but in a locale far from the waters of the Persian Gulf, where 17 oil tankers have been attacked and damaged over the past four months. Iran announced that its troops had cleared 100 sq. mi. of a rugged mountain area controlled by Kurdish rebels who are supported by Iraq. In the process, Tehran said, 220 Kurds had been killed. Last week TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand had a rare opportunity to visit the Iraqi portion of the area known as Kurdistan. His report...
...mi.) race: run interference for Davis Phinney, 25, Carpenter's husband and the U.S.'s best hope in the event. The Americans traded the lead with Norway's Dag Otto Lauritzen and Morten Saether, Colombia's Nestor Mora and Canada's powerhouse, Steve Bauer. With ten miles left, Grewal pumped off on a premature breakaway. He gained 24 sec., but Bauer was soon riding in his slips stream. In the last 200 meters, the fatigued American downgeared slightly and blasted up the final grade, rising on his pedals and throwing up his arms...
...alltime high of 4,211.6 ft. above sea level. In 1983, April showers followed an exceptionally snowy winter and led to this year's peak of 4,209.25 ft. Larger in an average year than Rhode Island, the lake has grown by 30%, to 2,250 sq. mi. As one Utah meteorologist puts it, "If you compared it to earthquakes, it would be as if you had a Richter scale from one to ten, and the last two years were...