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Though Croatia came in only at No. 5 in terms of per capita consumption, the risky drinking pattern of its population, as well as high death rates from cirrhosis, put it at the top of our list.
FORBES: Europe's Biggest Drinkers
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Land-ownership is important in peasant societies, especially so in Zimbabwe, where the pressure of an exploding population is combined with a pattern of holdings not greatly changed from that inherited at independence, and memories endure of the tracts that were awarded by the colonial government to whites.
ECONOMIST: It will take more than crossed fingers to avert an explosion
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Cholesterol UK said if that pattern was repeated among the UK population of 40 million adults, that would mean 12 million people did the same.
BBC: NEWS | Health | Cholesterol confusion revealed
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It suggests a patchwork pattern of shortages, as local population shifts and changes in the birth rate have pushed up demand in some areas beyond the capacity of schools.
BBC: Pressure on primary school places
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The right response to that, though, would be to curb pollution and try to alter the pattern of growth to make it less resource-intensive, rather than to control population directly.
ECONOMIST: Lower fertility is changing the world for the better