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BONN: The battle over global warming is joined. President Clinton Wednesday announced greenhouse gas proposals that substantially exceed the wishes of U.S. heavy industry, but Europe remains unimpressed. Clinton proposed that emissions be stabilized at 1990 levels by the year 2012, while Europe hopes for a 15 percent reduction from 1990 levels two years earlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe Squares Up to Clinton | 10/23/1997 | See Source »

...always, writing a prompt thank-you note is a must. The note can be brief and should not exceed one page. In addition to expressing your appreciation, your correspondence will serve to accomplish the following: you can reconfirm your interest in the job, underline how you think your background and skills would fulfill the responsibilities of the position, and demonstrate that you listened carefully...

Author: By Dana Curtis, | Title: JOB INTERVIEWS | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

...death from smoking, which generally affects people in their late-middle and early retirement years, is an economic boon to society. The money saved on pensions and on the truly expensive health care that comes with old age--something these smokers never achieve--surely balances, if it does not exceed, the cost of treating tobacco-related diseases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NEW PROHIBITIONISM | 10/6/1997 | See Source »

...many expanding activities of her order. "The Lord sends it," she once said. "We do his work; he provides the means." The order is reportedly flush with cash, though no outsider knows the exact wealth in its coffers. In India alone, revenue officials say, the group's assets exceed $41 million, which is largely in real estate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEEKER OF SOULS | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

...homosexual marriages performed in states where they are practiced, this state has shied away from making gay marriage legal. Only Hawaii has given lukewarm support to homosexual marriage, having strongly considered giving the same benefits to them as heterosexual couples receive. Other states should follow Hawaii's example and exceed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cheers to Gay Marriage | 9/12/1997 | See Source »

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