Word: effective
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...desired effect on a nation that Thursday was gripped by panic. Indonesia's battered currency, the rupiah, rebounded Friday to close at 7,990, up from Thursday's record low of 10,550 to the dollar. The Jakarta Stock Market's index, which lost 12 percent Thursday, closed only 1 percent down after an early rally. Emissary teams from both the White House and the IMF are on their...
DIED. STUBBY KAYE, 79, rotund and riotous singer; in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Once billed as the "extra padded attraction," Kaye put every pound to showstopping effect as he rocked the boat--and Broadway--in the original Guys and Dolls. He played Nicely-Nicely Johnson onscreen too, as well as a banjo-playing minstrel in the frontier spoof Cat Ballou...
Beyond that, the Kyoto accord doesn't require developing countries like China and India--themselves major polluters--to reduce their emissions at all. To complicate matters further, the treaty will not take effect until it has been ratified--and in the U.S., Senate Republicans have made it clear that that they have no intention of letting that happen. Even if they did, Congress would then have to approve tax incentives and other costly measures to bring the U.S. into compliance. And that would require the even more conservative House to go along...
BOTTOMS UP! Go ahead, raise a glass. The largest study yet on alcohol's effect on health concludes that a drink a day can improve longevity. Those who benefit most: middle-age folks who have had a heart attack or stroke, or are otherwise at risk for heart disease...
...start of a thaw? Well, one U.S. official noted that FIDEL CASTRO "is saying things he never said before," including asking a group of Protestants to pray for his country. National Security Adviser SANDY BERGER explained it this way: Washington "wants the Pope's visit to have a lasting effect." But no formal review of Cuba policy is under way, and no one expects John Paul to convert the communist graybeard to democracy and capitalism...