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Daubach's 2 homers aid another strong Nomo effort; Red Sox win, 10-1 Sports, Fl VOLUME 259 NUMBER 101 50 cents GLIMMER OF NOPE Today: Partly cloudy, then all clouds, cool, 52 Tomorrow: Cloudy witkchance of rain, 41-46 High tide: 3:50 a.m., Full report: Page B8 Wednesday, April 11,2001 Bush takes aim at activists' tool 'ml Environmental activists say that a detail in the White House budget proposal would eliminate any gains from suing under the Endangered Species Act, and would further imperil species in need of protection by giving Interior Secretary Gail Norton sole discretion over protecting endangered species. This is an apalling anti-environmental rider," said Representative Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Maiden. "If American citizens cant sue to assure the federal government protects endangered species and their critical habitats, who will? The animals?" But conservatives applauded the proposal. "This provision does not prevent anyone from suing over critical habitat designations or endan-ENDANGERED, Pag A25 Would end suits under Species Act By Robert Schlesinger GLOBE STAFF WASHINGTON The Bush administration is seeking to effectively suspend a provision in the Endangered Species Act that lets citizens sue the government if they think federal authorities are not moving quickly enough to assure a species' survival.

Environmental groups have used the provision dozens of times in the past decade to add species to the protected list But Interior Department officials and conservatives say that these suits have monopolized resources and distorted the process by which species are listed. 1 A .1 K- I 'f If i i i II i i I I China ties and crew hang on semantics GLOBE STAf PHOTOBILL BRITT Acting Governor Jane M. Swift taking over for Paul Cellucci yesterday during the State House ceremony. ier excellency woman to serve as Mass. governor 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 A young, untested team enters the State House 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Saying 'I'm sorry1 Only the first three of these Chinese phrases would be used in an official document.

Chinese officials are demanding "daoqian." "Apologize" Formal, explicit statement of apology and admission of to99n wrongdoing, "feel sorry Sincere but slightly less formal apology, Arrpnfinn k'3" responsibility. "Regret" More casual, not accepting blame, used formally and informally. yihan "Feel grieved" Used person-to-xtFh Vt- personally, Affi liL expressin9 Air sorrow without Mn9i responsibility. "Have foiled you" Excuse me, used I--TT -fcj colloquially and yryr7ro informally only. duibuqi "Embarrassed" Sorry, used even more casually xT sTj and informally.

buhaoyisi SOURCE: Prof. Bao Zhang He, Harvard Univ. GLOBE STAFF GRAPHIC By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan GLOBE STAFF BEIJING As China considered the latest US proposal to end the 10-day standoff over a downed American spy plane yesterday, the release of the US crew and the future of relations between the United States and China seemed to hinge on semantic hairsplitting over the word "apology." At a Chinese Foreign Ministry press conference, spokesman Sun Yuxi was peppered with questions about which words the Chinese side would accept. US officials gently rebuff the Rev.

Jesse Jackson's offer to mediate. A24. Two days ago, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States was "sorry" for the apparent loss of a Chinese pilot's life following the April 1 collision between a US spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet, but Powell said the United States would not apologize for the accident, because it believes it is not at fault Sun said Powell's "expression of 'sorry1 is a step towards the right direction, but we dont think this situation has been solved." Asked to clarify the distinction between "apology" and "sorry," CHINA, Paga A24 if Swift is first By Frank Phillips GLOBE STAFF In a poignant ceremony yesterday that marked a historic moment for both the state and the nation, Jane Maria Swift, a 36-year-old mother who is pregnant with twins, became the first woman to ascend to the governorship of Massachusetts. Swift, who was elected lieutenant governor in 1998, officially became acting governor at 11 shortly before Paul Cellucci boarded a plane for Washington, where he was later sworn in at the White House as the new US ambassador to Canada. The dramatic political events, carried out with pageantry and tradition at the State House, not only gave Massachusetts its first woman to hold the powers of the governor's office, but also the nation's first pregnant governor.

Swiff twins are due in mid-June. Swift said the "reality and the awesome responsibility hit me" when Cellucci handed her the symbols of gubernatorial power a pewter key, an 1884 Bible, a gavel made from wood from the USS Constitution, and a 19th century volume of Massachusetts laws. Swift has appetite for policy, managing. B5. Women gain hope, yet fear scrutiny of Swift.

B5. Cellucci then read the inscription he wrote to her that began with the words, "Her Excellency, Jane Maria Swift," setting off a loud cheer from the gathered crowd, especially the women. "That was a pretty amazing moment," Swift said. Though Swift and Cellucci kept their emotions in check, many in the crowd were moved by the iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii nniiiiiiiiiiiMMuninniniiMniiHniHunMnnHMnMiiMiMiiMiiHuiiMniiiiuHiHuiinMinniiHiMiuMMnnMiiniuiiiMiHHiMuiMHiiiiiiiiiMiiiHHiiiMiiiMn Boston Fire Dept. faces 9 vious administrations did.

Her press secretary, Jason Kauppi, is 30. Her media consultant, Fam Jonah, is 31. Abner Mason, her chief secretary, is 38. Stacey Rainey, Swift's closest aide, is all of 27. And they are all relatively new to the governor's office.

Some veterans will occupy important jobs: Her new chief of staff, Peter Forman, is 42; Steve Crosby, secretary of administration and finance, is 55, as is Len Lewin, who will remain as chief legal counsel. But her own picks are slanted heavily in Gen-Xs direction. AIDES, Paga B4 hiring suit 9 GLOBE SIAff mOTOOAVIO KAMtRMAN Fire Department. plished aren't lost," said Karen Miller, president of the Society of Vulcans, an organization of minority firefighters. The consent decree applies only to firefighters; other specialized divisions within the department and its management ranks are not subject to the court order and have few minorities.

Though the courts rejected a 1989 challenge by 34 white men who had been denied firefighters' jobs, Lichten said times have changed and noted that recent court decisions in Boston and around the country have struck down affirmative action programs. Iichten says he sees little LAWSUIT, Paga US By Yvonne Abraham GLOBE STAFF Some might expect a newly installed acting governor as young as Jane Swift to surround herself with graybeards and veterans of fractious political wars. She hasnt Instead, the 36-year-old former state senator has stocked her inner circle with plenty of precocious, unseasoned youngsters just like herself: men and women in their 30s, most of moderate ideology, who by all accounts have much promise but who have seen little of the treacherous political battles that their counterparts in pre if Joseph Quinn is suing the city's can-American and Hispanic firefighters make up 38.7 percent of the department slightly higher than their percentage in the city. In 1974, when the court order took effect, only 5 percent of the city's firefighters were black. "You cant have a quota system once you've achieved its goal," Iichten said, adding that it was intended as a short-term solution until the department could devise a testing procedure free of bias.

But minority firefighters say the consent decree has made the department as diverse as any in the country. "It has been a useful tool that has to remain in place to make sure the gains we have accom For insomniacs, some new habits Inside Today In pursuit of Nomar He has achieved such celebrity that he requires only one name: Nomar. And yet we know little of Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garcia-parra, whose fifth season was delayed by wrist surgery. LivingArts, CL Heart surgeries OK'd Hospitals in New Bedford, on Cape Cod, and on the North Shore win the right to perform the state's first open-heart surgeries outside Boston-area academic medical centers. CityRaghm, BL Features Classified Ask The Globe D14 Comics D14-15 Crossword 014 Classified D16-28 E6-S Autos Help Wanted Professional Real Estate Apartments Comm'llnd'l 017 E6 013 E6 E6 ES Deaths Editorials Horoscope Lottery B6-T D14 B2 TVRadio A26-27 (GlotaNnnpmrCa Market Basket 018 YachtsBoats F2 For breaking news, updated Globe stories, and more, visit: Boston.com 1 53 3 6 9477251 of the bedroom as a place to sleep and only to sleep.

Edinger's report, which is detailed in today's edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, is a study of patients with persistent primary insomnia, a condition that affects some 5 percent of Americans. Edinger used education and what is called cognitive behavioral therapy, which essentially teaches patients to change their mental habits. Insomniacs, he says, shouldn't watch television in bed, do work in their bedrooms, or stay in the bed, tossing and turning, when they cant sleep. When the patients in Edinger's study followed those rules combined with other simple strategies, like going to bed and waking up at consistent times, they showed remarkable improvements without drugs. INSOMNIA, Paga A26 Two say quota met, cite high test scores By Andrea Estes GLOBE STAFF Arguing that the city's firefight-ing force has become as racially mixed as the city, two white men rejected by the Boston Fire Department despite their high test scores are suing to eliminate its 27-year policy of hiring one minority applicant for every white one to achieve racial balance.

The lawsuit of Sean O'Brien, a city emergency medical technician, and Joseph Quinn, a plumber, is the first legal challenge to the department's affirmative action hiring plan since 1989, when the US Supreme Court upheld it And it comes a year after a rejected white candidate sued the Boston Police Department over a similar policy. O'Brien, 33 whose two older brothers are firefighters and who got a score of 99 on the most recent civil service exam and Quinn, 30, who also scored a 99, are expected to file suit today in US District Court. Both were passed over five times, despite scoring 90 or better each time. Boston lawyer Harold Uchten, who represents the men, is arguing that new census figures show the system has met its hiring goal and is no longer necessary. Afri- By Gareth Cook GLOBE STAFF sounds like abad joke.

A man walks into the doctor's office and complains that he spends all night tossing and turning and just can't fall asleep. The doctor's suggestion: Get out of bed. But it's no joke. In a breakthrough for sleep-deprived people across the country, researchers will report today that millions of Americans can beat insomnia without sleeping pills by following a few simple rules, such as leaving bed if sleep doesn't come. According to Jack Edinger, a medical psychologist at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C, many people who have trouble staying asleep can be helped by training themselves to think.