1.   Clinton reeled off favorable economic numbers and talked of prying open Japanese markets for American products.

2.   The commission and many private economists expected that by prying open protected markets, electricity prices would immediately fall.

3.   Yet in private meetings with U.S. officials, the same European officials have said they hope the U.S. succeeds in prying open Japanese markets.

4.   When it comes to prying open Japanese markets, few U.S. industrialists have succeeded like George M.C. Fisher.