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...attack on the official doctrine that an ever-increasing population is essential to China's strength, Ma Yinchu roared: "Even though I am nearly 80 years old, and know that an individual cannot resist the multitude, I am ready to go to battle with bare hands and perish rather than yield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RED CHINA: The Rest Is Silence | 5/2/1960 | See Source »

...develop their own electrical, chemical and engineering industries. And at war's end, warning that against the weight of Asia, Australians had "perhaps 25 years in which to justify our exclusive possession of this continent," Laborite Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell revived the slogan, "Populate or Perish." He won support for a costly immigration program that has brought in an average of more than 100,000 "New Australians" a year. In the process, Australia deliberately modified its old boast of being "more purely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: Out of the Dreaming | 4/4/1960 | See Source »

...have criticized my views, and I hear more are entering the battle," wrote Ma defiantly. "I accept the challenge, and even though I am nearly 80 years old and know that an individual cannot resist the multitude, I am ready to go forth to battle with bare hands and perish rather than yield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RED CHINA: The Lone Critic | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

...Give state governors the power to fill vacancies in the U.S. House, should more than half the House members perish in an atomic attack or other disaster. The vote here was 72-16, or 13 more than two-thirds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A.P. News in Brief | 2/3/1960 | See Source »

...TIME'S Dec. 28 picture and story on the late Roger Touhy offer dramatic proof of the timeless axiom: "All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 18, 1960 | 1/18/1960 | See Source »

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