In 1997, a memorandum of understanding between the US and four of the former USSR states was signed and subject to ratification by each signatory, but it was not presented to the US Senate for advice and consent by Bill Clinton.

He managed to beat Eversharp to market in late 1945 ; the first ballpoint pens went on sale at Gimbels department store in New York City on 29 October 1945 for US $ 9. 75 each.

** in the US, eye contact, a nod of the head toward each other, and a smile, with no bowing ; the palm of the hand faces sideways, neither upward nor downward, in a business handshake.

< cite id =" demographics "> Note I </ cite >-There were around 300, 000 people () working as electrical engineers in the US ; in Australia, there were around 17, 000 () and in Canada, there were around 37, 000 (), constituting about 0. 2 % of the labour force in each of the three countries.

The five top European leagues – the Premier League ( England ), La Liga ( Spain ), Serie A ( Italy ), the Bundesliga ( Germany ) and Ligue 1 ( France ) – attract most of the world's best players and each of the leagues has a total wage cost in excess of £ 600 million /€ 763 million / US $ 1. 185 billion.

Although many factors can be used to measure the success of the industry, the number of British films produced each year gives an overview of its development: the industry experienced a boom as it first developed in the 1910s ( see 1910s in film ), but during the 1920s ( see 1920s in film ) experienced a recession caused by US competition and commercial practices.

One problem with this explanation is that if in the US comparing older and more recent subjects with similar educational levels, then the IQ gains appear almost undiminished in each such group considered individually.

The sizes of gallon used in these two systems were different from each other: the first was based on the wine gallon ( equal in size to the US gallon ), and the second on either the ale gallon or the smaller imperial gallon.

Hondurans working in the U. S. send more than US $ 2 billion each year to their families in Honduras ; these remittances account for 28. 2 % of Honduras's GDP ( 2007 information

The industry change to steel shot, arising from the US and Canadian Federal bans on using lead shotshells while hunting migratory wildfowl has also had an impact on reloading shotshells, as the shot bar and powder bushing required on a dedicated shotshell press also must be changed for each hull type reloaded, and are different than what would be used for reloading shotshells with lead shot, further complicating the reloading of shotshells.

The UK and the US are leading locations for management of Asian hedge funds ' assets with around a quarter of the total each.

An accredited investor is an individual person with a minimum net worth of US $ 1 million or, alternatively, a minimum income of US $ 200, 000 in each of the last two years and a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.

By comparison, in 2008 Koenigsegg with its staff of 45 produced 18 cars at an average price of US $ 1 million each ; Saab employed 3, 400 workers and made more than 93, 000 cars.

Each pledged to come to each other's aid if a new party ( presumably the US ) entered the fray.

* — c10n. info's overview of US patent # 7, 096, 360, " n " Frequency-Time Based Data Compression Method " supporting the compression, encryption, decompression, and decryption and persistence of many binary digits through frequencies where each frequency represents many bits.

Regardless of the difficulty in measurement, the amount of money laundered each year is in the billions ( US dollars ) and poses a significant policy concern for governments.

* GunTrustLawyer. com – US site with information on the legality of owning a machine gun in each state under the National Firearms Act and individual state regulations.

Under the presidency of Nestor Kirchner, the families of all the Montoneros killed in the attack were later compensated with the payment of around US $ 200, 000 each.

* Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II ( START II )— signed 1993, never put into force: START II was a bilateral agreement between the US and Russia which attempted to commit each side to deploy no more than 3, 000 to 3, 500 warheads by December 2007 and also included a prohibition against deploying multiple independent reentry vehicles ( MIRVs ) on intercontinental ballistic missiles ( ICBMs )

From 1947 until 1977, the United States supplied about US $ 750, 000 worth of military hardware each year and trained more than 2, 000 Paraguayan military officers in counter-intelligence and counterinsurgency.

They are awarded to the best original paperback published each year in the US.

They also differed visually from the US spec model by not having the US cars ' low-speed impact bumpers and the round reflectors and side-marker lamps on each end of the body.

Engineering licensure in the US is largely optional, and rarely specified by branch / discipline.

The structure of the US federal government may also have made its membership problematic, as its representatives at the League could not have made decisions on behalf of the United States executive branch without having prior approval of the legislative branch.

MCA later purchased the US branch of Decca Records, which owned Universal Studios ( now a part of NBCUniversal ), and thus Universal now owns these films, though EMKA continues to hold the copyright and technically are part of the television unit of NBC Universal.

The Kansas City office today is a branch of State Street and is State Street's second largest US operation outside of eastern Massachusetts.

During this time the Hull branch had 27 members of good standing, being at that time the largest branch outside of the US.

These groups, sometimes referred to as commissions, are a form of think tank dedicated to advising the US Presidents or the Executive branch of government.

North La Veta Pass, through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is used by US Highway 160 and by the San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad ( formerly a branch of the Denver & Rio Grande Western ) tracks.

America's first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court served in every branch of US government and his boyhood home is now a National Historic Landmark, open to the public.

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a branch of the US Government during the Great Depression which gave aid to state and local governments and loans to banks and other businesses, helping to lay the foundations for the New Deal.

By giving the President the authority to negotiate these deals, the Congress effectively ceded a part of their power ( authorized under US Constitution, Article I, Section VIII ) to the executive branch.

The Board was not associated with any branch of the military, established directly by the US Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and chaired by a civilian, Franklin D ' Olier.

* Office of Commercial Space Transportation, a branch of the US Federal Aviation Administration

Interstate 30 | I-30 / U. S. Route 65 in Arkansas | US 65 / U. S. Route 67 in Arkansas | US 67 / U. S. Route 167 in Arkansas | US 167 branch south from I-40 / US 65 / Arkansas Highway 107 | AR 107 in North Little Rock.

A branch of US 71, U. S. Route 71 Business, serves as the main street for the city.

On September 26, 2002, three gunmen robbed a US Bank branch in Norfolk, killing five people in the process.

Conversely, British Decca retained a non-reciprocal right to license and issue American Decca recordings in the UK on their Brunswick Records ( US Decca recordings ) and Coral Records ( US Brunswick and Coral recordings ) labels ; this arrangement continued through 1967 when a UK branch of MCA was established utilising the MCA Records label, with distribution fluctuating between British Decca and other English companies over time.

An American branch recently incorporated under the name " American Friends of Neve Shalom " they are a non-profit 501 ( c ) 3 organization that raises funds in the US for NSWAS programs ( similar support groups also exist in the EU, and elsewhere ).

The Veterans History Project, for example, compiles the memoirs of those who have served in a branch of the US Military – especially those who have seen active combat.

Anthropologists, along with other social scientists, are working with the US military as part of the US Army's strategy in Afghanistan.

The Christian Science Monitor reports that " Counterinsurgency efforts focus on better grasping and meeting local needs " in Afghanistan, under the Human Terrain System ( HTS ) program ; in addition, HTS teams are working with the US military in Iraq.

In 2009, the American Anthropological Association's Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities released its final report concluding, in part, that, " When ethnographic investigation is determined by military missions, not subject to external review, where data collection occurs in the context of war, integrated into the goals of counterinsurgency, and in a potentially coercive environment – all characteristic factors of the HTS concept and its application – it can no longer be considered a legitimate professional exercise of anthropology.

They were originally buried where they died, but were later moved on the orders of the US military government to the cemeteries of their previous homes.

* 1975 – General Cao Van Vien, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.

The only vehicle with the qualities of an assault gun to be fielded after the removal of the M50 and M56 from service within the US military was the M551 Sheridan.

While these vehicles might be useful in a direct fire role, none were developed with this specifically in mind, reminiscent of the use of tank destroyers by the US military in the assault gun role during WWII.

Some Protestant US military chaplains carry the Roman Rite version of the Anointing of the Sick with them for use if called upon to assist wounded or dying soldiers who are Catholics.

About 28 of the former US military bases in Vietnam where the herbicides were stored and loaded onto airplanes may still have high level of dioxins in the soil, posing a health threat to the surrounding communities.

US military maps record an abatis by use of an inverted " V " with a short line extending from it to the right.

* Bad Conduct Discharge, a form of discharge from US military service

* T-1A Jayhawk Military version of Model 400 used as a trainer for pilots of large aircraft in the US military.

The US military has specialized units, which can respond to a bioterrorism event ; among them are the US Marine Corp's Chemical Biological Incident Response Force and the U. S. Army's 20th Support Command ( CBRNE ), which can detect, identify, and neutralize threats, and decontaminate victims exposed to bioterror agents.

* US military on the Battle of Okinawa

Cameroonian navy sailors prepare to perform a visit, board, search and seizure drill on 21 November 2006 in Douala during a joint exercise with the US military.

From 1902 until its abrogation in 1934, the Platt Amendment authorized the US to use military force to preserve Cuba's independence.

Despite the retreat of US and UN forces after several deaths due to local hostilities mainly led by Aidid, the introduction of a powerful military force opened the transportation routes, enabling the provision of supplies and ended the famine quickly.

The United States approved a US $ 1. 3 billion assistance package, mostly of military and counternarcotics nature, but also including a small amount of social aid.

It opposes US military bases and nuclear weapons in Europe and British membership of NATO.

Image: US forces Operation Enduring Freedom. jpg | United States Army Special Forces on horseback with the Northern Alliance of Afghanistan, which frequently used horses as military transport.

The Cuban leadership was further upset when in September the United States Congress approved US Joint Resolution 230, which expressed Congress's resolve to prevent the creation of an externally-supported military establishment.

On the same day, the US announced a major military exercise in the Caribbean, PHIBRIGLEX-62, which Cuba denounced as a deliberate provocation and proof that the US planned to invade Cuba.