1.   Biden said on Tuesday that he had told Clinton that treaty supporters were well short of the two-thirds majority required by the Constitution to ratify the pact.

2.   He refused to give equal space to treaty supporters.

3.   Those guarantees amounted to a painful concession by treaty supporters.

4.   Treaty supporters, including President Jimmy Carter, had dined and lobbied the novice lawmaker, but he said the decision was his alone.

5.   Treaty supporters chalk up the big undecided group to the complexities of the treaty, which is difficult to summarize in a referendum question.

6.   Treaty supporters had little reason to expect Republican backing.

7.   Treaty supporters in this country, acknowledging the slow pace of negotiations, have begun to emphasize steps that can be taken before mandatory emissions restrictions go into effect.

8.   Wednesday afternoon Clinton assembled a group of current and retired military officers, Nobel laureates and other treaty supporters at a White House ceremony.

9.   But treaty supporters were encouraged when Helms delegated the treaty to the ranking Republican, Sen. Richard Lugar, who is considered more international minded.

10.   Nevertheless, treaty supporters said they were confident that the sweeping General Assembly endorsement would discourage any country from defying the entire world and exploding a nuclear weapon.