A dynamic economy also needs slower population growth. In recent years fertility has been falling in many developing countries and, as a result, annual world population growth has fallen to about 1.4% in 2000 compared with about 2% in 1960.
Samuel Francis Smith Quote. â 1 From every mountain side Let Freedom ring.â. â 2 My country, 't is of thee, â 3 Our fathers' God, to thee, â My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing: Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountain-side Let freedom ring.â.
Doobie Brothers guitarist and lead singer Tom Johnston wrote this song, which they played live for three years before recording. Johnston told us: Generally I write the music first, and sometimes I have a devil of a time getting the words.andy Bachman has implied that The Doobie Brothers lifted the guitar riff of this song from the Bachman-Turner Overdrive song  Let It Ride .. According to Bachman, in 1972 The Doobie Brothers were sharing a dressing room with BTO for a show at The Warehouse in New Orleans, which is when they wrote Let It Ride..