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...passed a law in 1990 that called for an accelerated phaseout of CFCs if new scientific evidence revealed a greater threat to ozone than expected. Last week the Senate, by a 96-0 vote, found the evidence alarming enough to justify a faster phaseout. "Now that there's the prospect of a hole over Kennebunkport," Senator Al Gore said, "perhaps Bush will comply with the law." William Reilly, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said that the U.S. might seek to end CFC production as early...
...Japan, the 30,000 young Japanese living and studying in the U.S. are beginning to build bridges between the two countries. Some Americans persist in their hope that Japan will become more like the U.S. when these young people come to power, but that is unlikely. The more realistic prospect is that over time, through increased understanding, the Japanese will develop more tolerance for societies different from their own. What they will never abandon is the qualities that make them uniquely Japanese...
...ambassador from Haiti last week. Beyond that swift reaction, Washington's Haitian policy is gridlocked by poor options. On the one hand, frustration over Haiti's deteriorating political and economic situation is running so high that in interviews last week with the New York Times, officials raised the remote prospect of military intervention. Yet at the same time, the Administration was petitioning the federal courts for permission to forcibly repatriate most of the boat people, who are currently residing in tents, ships and a huge aircraft hangar at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Supreme Court gave...
Efforts like Tyler Rullman's, holding Pennsylvania star guard Jerome Allen scoreless on 0-for-8 shooting and Ron Mitchell's forcing probable NAC Player of the Year and NBA prospect Hartford center Vinnie Baker into scoring all his points from the perimeter are becoming a norm...
Small wonder that some U.S. analysts see a bruising battle ahead. But both Bush and Shamir are running for re-election this year, and neither relishes the prospect of a fight with an ally who can sway domestic voters from afar. Members of Congress, who must approve the guarantees, know they will suffer electoral consequences if the decision pits their loyalty to Israel against their commitment to the peace process. So in Washington, if not in the Middle East, compromise appears to be at hand...