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...attempt to find a way out of this basic dilemma, Meadows postulated other scenarios. He assumed that there are still huge, undiscovered reserves of natural resources, say, under the oceans. Testing that possibility, Meadows' computer shows that industrialization will accelerate-and the resulting runaway pollution will overwhelm the biosphere. Might not new technological devices control pollution? Sure, says the computer, but then population would soar and outstrip the ability of land to produce food. Every advance in technology consumes scarce natural resources, throws off more pollutants and often has unwanted social side effects, like creating huge and unmanageable unemployment...
Human factors may also overwhelm the President, especially in light of a report by Wilfred Burchett that recent U.S. bombing raids over North Vietnam have convinced Hanoi not to release any more prisoners before the U.S. agrees to a withdrawal date...
...meet could be close--or one team could seemingly overwhelm the other," McCurdy said. "As of right now, there are enough contests that are still up in the air to permit one team--if it won them all--to roll up a big point total," he said...
...November 3 with a crowd of West Siders on their way home from work. I happened to catch a glimpse of the headlines of the Cleveland Press, which said it all: "Perk Vows Safe Streets". A series of unique circumstances compounded by Stokes' political myopia permitted the backlash to overwhelm the forces of progress in Cleveland...
Neither zone will take advantage of the period before reunification to accumulate military strength, alliances and foreign troops with which to overwhelm the other. However, the July 1 plan does not rule out acceptance of foreign military and economic aid by either zone; that is, prior to final agreement on reunification none of the armies presently in combat--including President Thieu's army--would be cut off from its source of supply...