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.
first successfully used a steam engine to remove oil from beneath the earth's surface: Eugene V. Debs: ran the American Railway Union and later ran for president several times as a socialist: Chirstopher Sholes: invented the typewriter: John D. Rockefeller: created trusts and was criticized as a robber baron while serving as head of the Standard Oil Company Thomas Alva Edison perfected the incandescent light bulb, created an electrical power system, and organized power plants