The question considered hereâhow does population growth affect the direction. and magnitude of economic change today as world population approaches 6 billionâis. germane to a key argument invoked to defend international population assistance. programs since their inception in the early 1960s.
Late June-July 1971: Nixon Authorizes âPlumbers,â Orders Media Leaks to Smear Ellsberg. President Nixon authorizes the creation of a âspecial investigations unit,â later nicknamed the âPlumbers,â to root out and seal media leaks.
About the Author. Also by Jeanne DuPrau. Copyright Page. The Instructions. When the city of Ember was just built and. not yet inhabited, the chief builder and the. assistant builder, both of them weary, sat. down to speak of the future. âThey must not leave the city for at. least two hundred years,â said the chief. builder.