Overconsumption of resources in industrial countries: the other missing agenda
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Population growth is a major conservation problem, but overconsumption by individuals in industrialized countries is equally destructive to the ecology. An American family of 4 has the same environmental impact as 80 Costa Ricans and 280 Bangladeshis. Dramatization of the problem is difficult because it is an unpopular topic and lacks the visual impact of famine.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 1999
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Who stole the Oscars?
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Junkman Willie Fulgear became a celebrity in 2000 when he discovered the stolen Oscar statuettes in a Los Angeles dumpster. Since then, his $50,000 reward money has been stolen, the press have questioned his story and he claims to have been harassed by the police. The story of the stolen consignment is related.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 2001
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Clinton vs. the First Amendment
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Bill Clinton has become an enemy of freedom of speech with his approval of the Communications Decency Act. The Act punishes the posting on the Internet, of materials that are 'indecent' or 'patently offensive' to minors.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1997
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