The Bush administration remains opposed to committing the United States to its goals, but Japan, as the host of the conference, is eager to honor its agreements.

The French, who are the official hosts of the conference, argued against allowing NATO officers at the conference, European and American diplomats said.

The 2013 and current hosts of the conference is a joint effort by the University College London and Imperial College London.

UrbanGlass is the host of the 30th annual conference of the Glass Art Society, which will be held today through Saturday.

Joe Barbara, the host of the conference, was said to have come up the ranks in Buffalo during prohibition.

Gov. Tommy G. Thompson, the Wisconsin Republican who is the official host of the four-day conference here, used similar words in discussing the President's problems.

(Kyoto was the host of the 1997 conference on greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in the eponymous protocol on climate change.)

"We are at fateful crossroads," George Saadeh, the host of the conference, told reporters.

Esther Dyson, the host of the conference here, said that using keywords would be a welcome new way to surf the Web.

Canada's Trade Minister, John Crosbie, the host of the conference, expressed his own frustrations, saying: "Nobody blinked.