| Facing the Population Bust |
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With Europe locked in the depths of demographic winter, the World Congress of Families offers one thaw ("the natural family" as "the springtime of nations") as it prepares for its 4th Congress -- Warsaw 2007.
The population bomb, hyped by the likes of Paul Ehrlich (AKA: Malthus Man), turned out to be one dud. The Western world now faces the reality of depopulation. Since the 1970s, worldwide fertility rates have been cut in half. In all, 59 nations with 44% of the world’s people have below-replacement birthrates. ... |
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| The Almanac May 31, 2006 |
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| Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include poet Walt Whitman and surgeon William Mayo, founder of the Mayo Clinic, both in 1819; radio humorist Fred Allen in 1894; clergyman-author Norman Vincent Peale in 1898; actor Don Ameche in 1908; U.S. Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash., in 1912; Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1923; actor Clint Eastwood in 1930 (age 76); Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow in 1938 (age 68); country singer Johnny Paycheck in 1941; NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath and actress Sharon Gless (_"Cagney and Lacey"_), both in 1943 (age 63); actors Tom Berenger and Gregory Harrison, both in 1950 (age 56), and Kyle Secor (_"Homicide: Life on the Street"_) in 1958 (age 48); actor/writer Chris Elliot in 1960 (age 46); actress Lea Thompson (_"Caroline in the City"_) in 1961 (age 45); and actress/model Brooke Shields in 1965 (age 41). On this date in history: ... |
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| John Allen Muhammad convicted of six more sniper slayings |
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| ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) -- John Allen Muhammad was convicted of six of the Washington-area sniper killings Tuesday after the prosecution's star witness, Muhammad's young protege, portrayed him as the mastermind of an audacious terror scheme in which phase two would have been bombings against children. ... |
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| The Almanac: Today is Wednesday, May 31 |
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Today is Wednesday, May 31, the 151st Day of 2006 with 214 to Follow.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include poet Walt Whitman and surgeon William Mayo, founder of the Mayo Clinic, both in 1819; radio humorist Fred Allen in 1894; clergyman-author Norman Vincent Peale in 1898; actor Don Ameche in 1908; U.S. Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash., in 1912; Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1923; actor Clint Eastwood in 1930 (age 76); Peter, Paul and Mary`s Peter Yarrow in 1938 (age 68); country singer Johnny Paycheck in 1941; NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath and actress Sharon Gless ('Cagney and Lacey'), both in 1943 (age 63); actors Tom Berenger and Gregory Harrison, both in 1950 (age 56), and Kyle Secor ('Homicide: Life on the Street') in 1958 (age 48); actor/writer Chris Elliot in 1960 (age 46); actress Lea Thompson ('Caroline in the City') in 1961 (age 45); and actress/model Brooke Shields in 1965 (age 41). ... |
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