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...streaming out of American smokestacks and tailpipes this year than in 1990. Last year Under Secretary of State Timothy Wirth surprised negotiators by pledging the U.S. would agree to meet future reductions by setting legally binding targets. These are supposed to be determined at a December summit in Kyoto, Japan. Now the White House is struggling to figure out what it can accept as a binding target--and sell to the Congress and industry--before a preliminary conference in Bonn later this month. Members of an interagency task force are "meeting every day," says Kathleen McGinty, head of the Council...
Clinton aides predict he will choose an emissions target moderate enough to attract some support from business and the G.O.P. While officials are hoping to craft a proposal acceptable to other countries for the Kyoto summit, they privately admit the negotiations could take several years. That will buy Clinton time to work on his long-term strategy: persuading the public, starting this week at a White House conference, to tolerate some pain now for the sake of a less threatening future. So, next time you turn on the Weather Channel, don't be surprised to see Clinton delivering...
...Masa Kuizumi left his job at Boston's up-scale Kyoto Japanese Steakhouse and decided to join several friends who were starting businesses at the Porter Square site...
Murphy can only hope Menick's performance during the team's spring trip to Japan presages things to come. The sophomore tailback, who was second on the team with 326 rushing yards in 1996, ran for 265 yards and scored five touchdowns in a 42-35 comeback win over Kyoto University...
...championship. The 1997 cast is star-studded: sophomore Rich Linden, the quarterback so good they named a street in Cambridge after him; a defense which allowed a stingy 164 points in 10 games; and sophomore Chris Menick, who rushed for 265 yards and scored five touchdowns against Kyoto in March...