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An aerial rending of Times Square, imagined in the possible future with trees taking over the urban space. That speculative future is part of the sound art piece Times3. (Courtesy of Prototype opera festival)
If you throw a New Year’s party and no one shows up, is it still a party?
For the first time since it began to be broadcast on television in 1973, the dropping of the ball in New York’s Times Square will not be accompanied by a crowd of people. Because of the pandemic, ABC will broadcast a version of its annual “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” but without the usual crush of onlookers.
even greater. slow-growing developing countries have had for decades lower fertility rates. japan and europe particularly and russia. and now china s starting to feel the impact of its one-child policy. we re better off than the rest of the developed world, but our fertility rate has dropped to below break even, to 1.8, the lowest drop in the last three years in recorded history x. unlike most of the world, though, we have a tried and true way to deal with this demographic time bomb. demography does not have to be deathsny if you change course. and the path that we could take is to allow for a strategic reform of our immigration laws so that we can bring young, aspirational people that will rebuild the demographic pyramid to make our entitlement system secure and jump-start our economy in a way that will create an uplifting of our hopes and dreams, but also directly impact, immediately impact economic growth. u.s. economic growth and immigration policy. former florida gov
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captioning sponsored by cbs and johnson & johnson, where quality products for the american family have been a tradition for generations. good morning and happy independence day week general. i m charles osgood and this is sunday morning. we re celebrating the 233rd anniversary of the declaration of independence. which speaks among other things of a decent respect to the opinions of mankind. fast forward to today when the opinions of mankind and woman- kind, too, are as close as your tv set. in a phrase the founding fathers would never have used tv pundits can talk the talk, but can they walk the walk? susan spencer will be reporting our cover story. reporter: from ranting on the radio.. they re doing far more, folks, than just cheating. reporter:. to carving on cable. keep with me, sir, please. reporter: it s never been easier to find expert opinions. but should we really be listening? what percentage do you think really know what they re talking about? oh, he