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Genatrigo Posted 17 years ago
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German Crisis : Babies or Bust
German Crisis: Babies or Bust
German is running out of Germans, because of an extraordinary baby slump.
Nobody quite knows why the Germans have stopped having children. It is not a
question of money. It may be that the larger number of German women with good
jobs does not want to interrupt their carrers to have children.
Or it may be that the German's incessant angst about the future disinclines them to
start a family. The government has introduced incentives to raise baby output but there is
still no sign of a rise in the birth rate.
Can anyone explain me what the title means? - Babies or Bust?
I think it is babies or faillure, rupture? That the idea is not a good one?
Thanks for any advice
German is running out of Germans, because of an extraordinary baby slump.
Nobody quite knows why the Germans have stopped having children. It is not a
question of money. It may be that the larger number of German women with good
jobs does not want to interrupt their carrers to have children.
Or it may be that the German's incessant angst about the future disinclines them to
start a family. The government has introduced incentives to raise baby output but there is
still no sign of a rise in the birth rate.
Can anyone explain me what the title means? - Babies or Bust?
I think it is babies or faillure, rupture? That the idea is not a good one?
Thanks for any advice
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X or bust is a slogan I've heard all my life. I take it as, "We've got to make an all-out committment to this project. We must win.
- X or bust is a slogan I've heard all my life.
- I take it as, "We've got to make an all-out committment to this project.
- We must win.
- If we lose/fail nothing else matters.
- We are doomed.
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X or bust is a slogan I've heard all my life. I take it as, "We've got to make an all-out committment to this project. We must win. If we lose/fail nothing else matters. We are doomed.
You might see it written on the side of an old broken-down bus in which a destitute family was hoping to make the 3000-mile trip from New York to California - their last hope of surviva
You might see it written on the side of an old broken-down bus in which a destitute family was hoping to make the 3000-mile trip from New York to California - their last hope of surviva
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