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servicing profiles not greatly improved from 1982 ; few can borrow on capital markets ; and a majority continue to make net transfers of resources to creditors at the expense of domestic investment and living standards .
servicing profiles not greatly improved from 1982 ; few can borrow on capital markets ; and a majority continue to make net transfers of resources to creditors at the expense of domestic investment and living standards .
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Such accounts of universal and increasing human impact show us what we can expect if we continue along this path : Despite Japan's marked success in increasing output while using the same amount of energy , and smaller improvements in ...
Such accounts of universal and increasing human impact show us what we can expect if we continue along this path : Despite Japan's marked success in increasing output while using the same amount of energy , and smaller improvements in ...
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The ozone hole discovered over Antarctica , more extensive than the area of the United States , continues to expand and ... continue on their ten - year journey to the ozone layer to destroy it further and linger for another century .
The ozone hole discovered over Antarctica , more extensive than the area of the United States , continues to expand and ... continue on their ten - year journey to the ozone layer to destroy it further and linger for another century .
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| Title | Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for Survival |
| Author | S. S. Ramphal |
| Publisher | Lime Tree, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0413455815, 9780413455819 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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