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Essentially, the conference's agenda included two main topics: a revision of the internal Lebanese political order, and the status of the Israeli-Lebanese withdrawal agreement signed last May. On the basis of a 1932 census and an unwritten 1943 agreement, the country traditionally has had a Maronite Christian President, a Sunni Muslim Prime Minister and a Shi'ite Muslim speaker of Parliament. The Maronites, however, are now outnumbered by the Muslims and particularly the Shi'ites. They, and some of the other groups, want a larger share of political power, although most seem prepared to allow...
Boston has chronic illnesses that a brief burst of high spirits will not cure. Of the 30 largest U.S. cities, according to the Census Bureau, Boston is among the poorest, ranking 26th in median household income. The housing stock has deteriorated badly, and rent control, whatever its virtues, does not encourage renovation. Next year's municipal budget deficit is estimated at $40 million. Yet there are King and Flynn: with both men and their constituencies earnestly committed to solving those problems, happier days may be here again...
...special January count the Census Bureau estimated that the unemployed of the nation had increased to 6,050,000 the second winter (1930-31) of the Depression...
...fragmented little nations, Lebanon is one of the most perplexing. Once the home of the Phoenicians, it has been overrun at various times by Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, European Crusaders and Ottoman Turks. In 1932, when Lebanon was a French mandate, France conducted a national census that showed the Christians with a slight majority. When Lebanon became independent in 1943, followed by the evacuation of French troops three years later, the preponderance of political power was apportioned between Maronite Christians and Sunni Muslims on the basis of the 1932 head count, with a minimal share of representation...
Moreover, no demographer can really anticipate such pivotal phenomena as, say, an economic renaissance in Ohio or the decision of large numbers of migrants that Florida is too hot or humid or has finally become too crowded. Consider the Census Bureau's conclusion that Washington, D.C., will experience the most severe decline in the U.S., from a population today of 631,000 down to just 376,500 at century's end. No sooner had that radical drop been forecast than other number crunchers disagreed. "It's just not going to happen," says George Grier, a Washington demographer...