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Deng Xiaoping made a calculation. He bet on demographics. What he knew was that China had this enormous population of young, underemployed people, people who he could move from the farms to the coast and put them to work in factories, and that would be the lifeblood of China's economy.

~Evan Osnos

Topics: Bet Calculation China Coast Could Demographics Economy Enormous Factories Farms Had He Knew Made Move People Population Put Them Who Work Would Young

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Pollution from human activities is changing the Earth's climate. We see the damage that a disrupted climate can do: on our coasts, our farms, forests, mountains, and cities. Those impacts will grow more severe unless we start reducing global warming pollution now.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Activities Changing Cities Climate Damage Earth Farms Forests Global Global Warming Grow Human Impacts More Mountains Now Our Pollution Reducing See Severe Start Those Unless Warming Will

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Striking a balance between wildlife conservation and wind energy development starts with understanding threats to eagle populations and how our actions, including operating wind farms, are affecting them.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Actions Affecting Balance Between Conservation Development Eagle Energy Farms How Including Operating Our Starts Striking Them Threats Understanding Wildlife Wind

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A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand.

~Francis Parkman

Topics: Either Farms Fort Hand Intervals Led Many Miles Military Point Road Scattered Short Were

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I was raised on farms by people who didn't have Wal-Mart. They had to make their own sleds, harnesses, clothing, etc.

~Gary Paulsen

Topics: Clothing Etc Farms Had Make Own People Raised Wal-Mart Who I Was Raised

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Give these Indians little farms, survey them, let them put fences around them, let them have their own horses, cows, sheep, things that they can call their own, and it will do away with tribal Indians.

~George Crook

Topics: Around Away Call Cows Farms Fences Give Horses Indians Little Own Put Sheep Survey Them Things Tribal Will

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