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...Congress, Democrats are waiting to see what Clinton proposes before sticking their own necks out on behalf of energy taxes. "We've been asked by the leadership to hold back and not launch any grand ideas until the President gets his chance," says Gibbons. "So we'll all cooperate and wait." That strategy is both courteous and expedient: by letting Clinton take the lead, Congress ensures that the new Administration will catch most of the heat...
...impact exists that would have major consequences" and that "we can do something about it. It can't be some hare-brained scheme that would cost umpteen billion dollars for an immediate mission," he stresses, "but we can do all of the precursor planning and prepare the kind of launch vehicle necessary to do the job." Brown's words carry weight; he will preside over hearings on the subject during the current session of Congress...
...Shoemaker, with geologist Eleanor Helin, began the world's first systematic Earth-crossing-asteroid watch. When Helin left in 1982 to launch her own asteroid search, Carolyn, her three children grown, joined Gene. Since then they have been on the alert -- and on the run. Last fall, for example, they went to a conference in Ontario at the site of the 1.8 billion-year-old Sudbury Crater, which is 300 km (188 miles) wide. From there, they flew to Iowa City, Iowa, where Gene examined core samples from the nearby Manson Crater, 35 km (22 miles) across and about...
...Shefelman never thought when he was working toward his Harvard degree in architecture that he would eventually launch a career illustrating children's books. He now knows that this is definitely what he wants to be doing: "Every time I get a response from a child I am heart-warmed and inspired to do more...
They should also have new markets to explore in Asia, where they are better positioned for expansion than their Western competitors. Japanese carmakers are already dueling in Thailand, one of the fastest-growing Asian markets, and are eagerly awaiting a rise in living standards in other countries that should launch a major auto-buying spree. Thailand's market may be only a fraction of the size of the U.S.'s, but it offers a taste of things to come in some Southeast and West Asian countries -- and someday China and India. Yasuhara Kondo's showroom may not enjoy another boom...