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Soon after the ozone hole over Antarctica was confirmed in 1985, many of the world's governments reached an unusually rapid consensus that action had to be taken. In 1987 they crafted the landmark Montreal Protocol, which called for a 50% reduction in CFC production by 1999. Three years later, as signs of ozone loss mounted, international delegates met again in London and agreed to a total phaseout of CFCs by the year 2000. That much time was considered necessary to give CFC manufacturers a chance to develop substitute chemicals that do not wipe out ozone...
...children of a Canadian father and a French mother, they hold dual citizenship. Paul, 30, was born in the Lorraine region of France, while Isabelle, 28, was born near Montreal. For years, Canada judged their skating second rate. After being relegated by the Canadians to an alternate berth for the world championships in 1985, the Duchesnays accepted an offer to compete for France, then moved to the German town of Oberstdorf to train with Martin Skotnicky. Despite their mixed ancestry -- plus a German home, a Slovak coach and an English choreographer -- their loyalties are undivided. "If it were...
...Americans racially prejudiced against the Japanese? Occasionally the accusation rings true. Would Americans be upset if, say, Canadian investors offered to buy the Seattle Mariners? Probably no more than they are that Canadians already own the Montreal Expos and the Toronto Blue Jays. Says Linda Cunningham, editor of the Rockford, Ill., Register-Star: "There is an increasing willingness to refer to the 'Japs,' and to talk openly about things that might have been said only privately in their own living rooms. There now seems to be a respectability attached to a subtle return of racism...
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL II (HBO, Dec. 17, 21). Montreal's fantastical theatrical circus troupe presents an all-new show, spotlighting a bewitching company of aerialists, acrobats, contortionists and clowns...
Cincinnati, which has made four trades in a month, got pitcher John Wetteland on Nov. 27 in a deal that sent Eric Davis to Los Angeles. Then, the Reds turned around and traded Wetteland to Montreal on Wednesday in a five-player swap that brought outfielder Dave Martinez to Cincinnati...