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What makes the burden on cities lighter is a sudden burst of environmental awareness from a surprising source: industry. In recent years, more and more multinationals have been turning unexpectedly green, and one example is British Petroleum. Shortly after Kyoto was signed, BP CEO Sir John Browne set his company's goal of cutting CO2 output 10% below its 1990 levels; four years later, he is halfway there. BP has achieved this in part by reducing the amount of greenhouse emissions that flare away in oil fields and refineries. The company is also looking into cutting carbon content in fuel...
...formative moment in the development of Sino-British relations came in 1784. In that year an elderly gunner on a British vessel, the Lady Hughes, was ordered by his captain to fire a salute in Canton harbor. He did so, but failed to notice a Chinese lighter loading cargo in the vicinity. The explosion from the ship's gun seriously injured three Chinese on the lighter, two of whom died shortly afterward from their wounds. The Chinese authorities, in accordance with Chinese law that "a Native of this country having been killed... whether by accident or design," the person responsible...
Jacky pauses as she adjusts the flame on a lighter. "Why don't you smoke?" she asks...
...upcoming games against Drexel and Boston College will give the Crimson lighter competition than the Worth Invitational.field...
...music hit home with me [MUSIC, Feb. 26]. In 1968, at age 17, I saw the Doors in concert. In 1994 my 17- and 21-year-old sons were playing my Doors tape all the time. Your illustration of the baby wearing Kiss-style makeup, holding up a cigarette lighter (nice touch), looks just like my granddaughter. What goes around comes around. DAVE CONWAY Oxford, Conn...