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.
The Rutherford model is a model of the atom devised by Ernest Rutherford. Rutherford directed the famous GeigerâMarsden experiment in 1909 which suggested, upon Rutherford's 1911 analysis, that J. J. Thomson 's so-called  plum pudding model  of the atom was incorrect.