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Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009
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09-16-2009, 11:07 PM
Quote:So, he halped take the edge off famine, but famine is still with us. He made a cheap food policy possible in my country, at a macro scale, and ironically he enabled the seeds of obesity.

Silver cloud, sure, with a nice gray lining.

But all in all, he done good. We are better off for his efforts.

Agreed. All heroes have feet of clay. And the law of unintended consequences will continue to affect humanity for some time to come.
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.

From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake


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Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Jester - 09-14-2009, 11:14 AM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Occhidiangela - 09-15-2009, 09:45 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Jester - 09-15-2009, 10:01 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Occhidiangela - 09-16-2009, 03:41 AM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Jester - 09-16-2009, 11:40 AM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Occhidiangela - 09-16-2009, 09:35 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Jester - 09-16-2009, 10:05 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by kandrathe - 09-16-2009, 11:02 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by ShadowHM - 09-16-2009, 11:07 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Sir_Die_alot - 09-17-2009, 10:31 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Jester - 09-17-2009, 10:37 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Occhidiangela - 09-17-2009, 11:05 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by --Pete - 09-17-2009, 11:34 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Jester - 09-17-2009, 11:39 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by kandrathe - 09-18-2009, 03:42 AM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Zingydex - 09-18-2009, 10:58 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by kandrathe - 09-18-2009, 11:39 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Jester - 09-19-2009, 12:02 AM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by --Pete - 09-19-2009, 01:35 AM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Occhidiangela - 09-19-2009, 03:51 AM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by --Pete - 09-19-2009, 04:09 AM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Lissa - 09-19-2009, 05:19 AM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by --Pete - 09-19-2009, 05:40 AM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by kandrathe - 09-19-2009, 04:52 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Occhidiangela - 09-19-2009, 05:15 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by --Pete - 09-19-2009, 05:24 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Occhidiangela - 09-19-2009, 05:41 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by --Pete - 09-19-2009, 05:59 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by --Pete - 09-19-2009, 06:04 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Occhidiangela - 09-29-2009, 11:38 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by --Pete - 09-30-2009, 01:10 AM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Occhidiangela - 10-02-2009, 04:01 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by kandrathe - 10-02-2009, 11:28 PM
Norman Borlaug, 1914-2009 - by Occhidiangela - 10-03-2009, 11:30 AM

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