Word: reforest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fortunately, there are solutions to these man-made disasters. India and Pakistan can, like China and Algeria, reforest their hills. The sub-Saharan nations of Africa can, with massive international help, copy the U.S.'s 1930s soil conservation program and reclaim their land. If the anchovies do return in great numbers, the Peruvians can strictly limit the yearly catch and still get fine harvests. But clearly, the first lesson is to understand-and respect-basic ecological realities. As Economist Lester Brown puts it: "If we are to get the food we need, we cannot put more stress on nature...
...vast audience, broadcast lobbyists in Washington would reduce its generous funding to a trickle. Given this bland, canned state of TV, does the audience have any hope at all for fast, fast, fast relief? After 365 pages of documented despair, Brown suddenly goes upbeat, trusting the general viewer to reforest the wasteland. The result is reminiscent of the happy ending tacked to a TV melodrama. It also reflects an abiding belief in the populist tradition. "The freedom of the public," says Brown, "is the time bomb in television." So far, the freedom has meant nothing, but in Television...