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If we do not design policies to halt, and then reverse population growth, Nature by default will soon exact a most punishing solution

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Fred Thompson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 19
Died: 2015
Died: November 1
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Freddie Dalton Thompson
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