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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> I don't know, but I think that the low birth rates in the West are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> pretty depressing. It says that people have very little positive hope</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> for the future.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Until societies can make fairer provision for all their citizens, and so long as population pressures pose serious threats to the global economy -- there seems no reason to regret low birth rates wherever they occur.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Carl</FONT>
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