The Sustaining Power of Hope

作者:Leslie B. Flynn

页数:0

出版时间:1985-9

价格:21.00

isbn号码:9780896936003

HOPE~YOU CANT<br > IJVE WITHOUT IT<br > KIDS PREDICT NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION<br >I SPOTTED THAT HEADLINE on a local newspaper in Mexico<br >recently.<br > The accompanying story told how over half of a sixth-grade<br >class， questioned on the outcome of another world war， said，<br >"It would blow up the entire earth." This class consisted of six<br >Americans， nine Mexicans， two Britishers， and one student<br >each from Switzerland， France， Peru， Korea， India， and Brazil.<br > Even very young children worry about nuclear war. Likewise，<br >many adults worry when they realize that before long many<br >small nations with potentially trigger-fingered fanatic govern-<br >ments will also possess such weapons.<br > Nations stagger from one crisis to another. One quarter of<br >the world is at war. Approximately 10，000 people a week die of<br >starvation. Millions are without sufficient daily food， without<br >shelter， without medical care， and without liberty.<br > Some experts predict that non-renewable resources will be<br >exhausted within a century. In its sobering report， The Limits<br >