The population in this part of the county is growing and the demands are growing and the hospital needs to respond to those demands.

This parking lot has been in the works for a long time. (Scripps) needs the parking now.

Our position right now is that this is not an appropriate program and population to put in a heavily populated two-square-mile village.

Our population has been lowered because we have seen such a mild winter. We thought we were just going to slide into summer, but I guess the weather says otherwise.

The needs of ninth graders are different from those of sophomores, juniors and seniors that is exclusive to their population. The other students already have their feet wet and are familiar with high school life.

A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles -- whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfilled -- is vulnerable to manipulation and regimentation. The struggle for survival is, above all, an exercise that is hugely time-consuming, absorbing and debilitating. If you create these ''anti-conditions,'' your rule is guaranteed for a hundred years.