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Article: THE PEOPLE PROBLEM WILL ANYONE TAKE UP GAYLORD NELSON'S FIGHT AGAINST OVERPOPULATION?(FRONT)
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- The Capital Times
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- August 22, 2005
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Byline: Rob Zaleski The Capital Times
First of a two-part series
"I don't think most people understand where we're headed."
- Gaylord Nelson in 1994, on the perils of overpopulation
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That he was a man of exceptional wisdom and courage seems beyond dispute.
But while dozens of pundits and politicians paid tribute to Gaylord Nelson following his death on July 3 at age 89 and lauded him for his sterling environmental record, most made passing or no reference to the issue to which the father of Earth Day devoted the last decade of his life: overpopulation.