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.
July 20, 1971: Ehrlichman Announces Creation of âPlumbersâ. Nixon aide John Ehrlichman reports that he has successfully created the special investigations unit ordered by the president (see Late June-July 1971). His first choice to head the unit, speechwriter Pat Buchanan, refused the position.
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.