Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Angola in June 2006, offering a US $ 9 billion loan for infrastructure improvements in return for petroleum.

The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is US $ 100 million for a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises.

* 1999 – US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving " intentionally false statements " in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.

In the US and some other countries, because of legal and tax restrictions on alcohol consumption, ethanol destined for other uses often contains additives that make it unpalatable ( such as denatonium benzoate ) or poisonous ( such as methanol ).

With curtailment of the MCC funding, the European Union may replace the US as Armenia ’ s chief source of foreign aid for the first time since independence.

As of early 2008, the wholesale price for abalone meat was approximately US $ 40. 00 per kilogram.

There is an active trade in the shells, which sell for more than US $ 1, 400 per metric tonne.

Based on his industry experience on Air Force missile projects, Mueller realized some skilled managers could be found among high-ranking officers in the US Air Force, so he got Webb's permission to recruit General Samuel C. Phillips, who gained a reputation for his effective management of the Minuteman program, as OMSF program controller.

Many countries, including some US states, also permit the use of less severe corporal punishment for children in school.

* 1944 – World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.

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

Most of the US midwest is on square mile grids for surveying purposes.

This task force aims to actively address antimicrobial resistance, and is coordinated by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ), and the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ), as well as other US agencies.

ASU's undergraduate program is ranked 65th for public universities and 132nd of 280 " national universities " by the 2012 US News and World Report ranking of US colleges and universities ; and, for the fourth year in a row, ASU was ranked in the top 10 for " Up and Coming " universities in the US, for substantial improvements to academics and facilities.

Notable popular games particularly associated with the Electron include: Crystal Castles ( video game ) | Crystal Castles is an example of a popular arcade game officially ported to the Electron ( US Gold ).

High-alcohol liquor, two forms of which were in the US Pharmacopoeia up until 1916 and in common use by physicians well into the 1930s, has been used in the past as an agent for dulling pain, due to the CNS depressant effects of ethyl alcohol, a notable example being the American Civil War.

A review by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that much of the evidence for the off-label use of antipsychotics ( for example, for depression, dementia, OCD, PTSD, Personality Disorders, Tourette's ) was of insufficient scientific quality to support such use, especially as there was strong evidence of increased risks of stroke, tremors, significant weight gain, sedation, and gastrointestinal problems.

For example, in the mid-Atlantic US, the X-Acto name is likelier to evoke only a specific subset of these knives ( the pencil-shaped hobby knife ), which may explain why the " utility knife " name, with its specificity, is more common there for the larger type.

Bilateral relations have beenvery good: in 2002, for example, the trade value between our two countries reached US $ 1. 8 million, in Chinese exports of light industry products and miscellaneous goods.

The US dollar is an example of a fully convertible currency and for this reason, US dollars are one of the major currencies traded in the FOREX market.

Furthermore, PCCs may not be as legally restricted as comparable handguns, depending on the jurisdiction ( for example, you need only be 18 in the US to purchase a rifle, but you must be at least 21 to purchase a handgun ).

Large submarines ( for example, Echo and Oscar classes ) were developed to carry these weapons and shadow US battle groups at sea, and large bombers ( for example, Backfire, Bear, and Blackjack models ) were equipped with the weapons in their air-launched cruise missile ( ALCM ) configuration.

For example: say a tank engine takes an estimated 35 days to ship by sea from the US to Korea.

An example of this is the Royal Dutch Shell Oil Reserves Settlement that was declared binding upon both US and non-US plaintiffs.

Within the Anglican communion there are openly gay clergy, for example, Gene Robinson is an openly gay Bishop in the US Episcopal Church.

As an example, the typical loaded cost for one computer engineer is often quoted to be $ 250, 000 US dollars / year.

The US Forest Service, in Bandelier National Monument for example, is studying how to restore the former ecosystem, and reduce erosion, by removing the trees.

Requiring that no company gain too great a share of any market is an example of how distributism has found its way into US government policy.

One example of its work is a US $ 10. 2 million, € 7. 5 billion scheme to distribute and multiply quality seeds in Haiti, which has significantly increased food production, thereby providing cheaper food and boosting farmers ' incomes.

For example, in the UK ( and in other Commonwealth countries ), to " table " a motion means to place it on the agenda ( to bring it to the table for consideration ), while in the US it means exactly the opposite —" to remove it from consideration " ( to lay it aside on the table rather than hold it up for consideration ).

For example, US President Clinton and the Central American presidents signed the CONCAUSA ( Conjunto Centroamerica-USA ) agreement at the Summit of the Americas in December 1994.

For example fluorescent pigs have been bred in the US in 2000, in Korea in 2002, in Taiwan in 2006, in China in 2008 and Japan in 2009.

The US Navy for example developed some of the most technically advanced hydrofoils around but they could never get them to be reliable due to the complex propulsion systems and ride control required.

In a recent example, Kirk Wright of International Management Associates has been accused of mail fraud and other securities violations which allegedly defrauded clients of close to US $ 180 million.

In October 2004, for example, Iraq spent US $ 60 million for imported gasoline.

For example, USD ( United States dollar ) has code 840 which is also the numeric code for the US ( United States ).

Legislators who logroll within a small body, for example, the US House or Senate, have incentive to honor their IOU votes because they cannot have their reputations tainted if they wish to be effective politicians ( Holcombe 2006 ).

At 74. 5 metres ( 244 ft ), it is the largest church in Iceland and the sixth tallest architectural structure in Iceland after Longwave radio mast Hellissandur, the radio masts of US Navy at Grindavík, Eiðar longwave transmitter and Smáratorg tower.

After several successful years of touring the UK and US, Longwave returned to the studio for their 2nd major release, There's a Fire.

The act was aimed primarily at Havana Club brand in the US, which was created by the José Arechebala company which was confiscated without compensation in the Cuban revolution.

Other associated brands include the US version of Havana Club, Drambuie Scotch whisky liqueur, DiSaronno Amaretto, Eristoff vodka, B & B and Bénédictine liqueurs.

Inducing oversteer is easy and very controllable, thus making the MX-5 a popular choice for amateur and stock racing, including, in the US, the Sports Car Club of America's Solo2 autocross and Spec Miata race series, and in the UK, the Ma5da racing championship.

On August 2, 2010, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Official Fan Club announced the release of the 35th Anniversary edition Blu-ray in the US for October 19, 2010.

The song became Robyn's first number one hit in Sweden, and her fourth top ten hit in both the UK and the US, peaking at number eight on the UK Singles Chart and at number three on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

The Detroit Boat Club was established as the first rowing exclusive club in 1839 in the US.

Tuesday Night Music Club went on to sell more than 7 million copies in the US and UK during the 1990s.

In the US, the new novels Moscow Club ( 1991 ) by Joseph Finder, Masquerade ( 1996 ) by Gayle Lynds, and The Unlikely Spy ( 1996 ) by Daniel Silva, and in the UK, A Spy By Nature ( 2001 ) by Charles Cumming and Remembrance Day ( 2000 ) by Henry Porter, maintained the spy novel in the post – Cold War world.

In the US, one of the best resources for model tram enthusiasts is the East Penn Traction Club of Philadelphia.

The " Sub Club " program was discontinued in the US and Canada by Doctor's Associates.

* The US Cancellations Club

In 1988, Front by Front was released, and in December of that same year, " Headhunter " ( with a video by Anton Corbijn ), became the band's first club hit, reaching # 13 on the US Billboard Dance / Club Play Songs chart.

* The Trophy Club, Lebanon, Indiana, US

The America West Club was renamed the US Airways Club in October 2005.

The open era began in 1968 when all five events were merged into the US Open, held at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills.

The song found the most success peaking at number 2 on the US dance music charts ( known as the Billboard Hot Dance Music / Club Play chart ).

Each year The Championships, Wimbledon, better known as simply Wimbledon, one of the four tennis Grand Slam tournaments ( along with the US, French and Australian Opens ) is held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Church Road Wimbledon.

The 178 acre site, at the top of today ’ s Club and Crestview Drives, which was locally known as the H and H Ranch, was selected to become the US Army War Dog Reception and Training Center ( also known as Western Remount Area Reception and Training Center ).

As of 2000, Country Club had the twenty-fourth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, with 19. 97 % of the populace.

The U. S. presidential yacht Sequoia was auctioned at the La Coquille Club in Manalapan on 25 March 1977 during the Carter administration, for US $ 270, 000, as a symbolic cutback in Federal Government spending ( annual cost to the U. S. Navy was $ 800, 000 ) and to reduce signs of an " imperial presidency ".

* Pittsboro Golf Club, 2227 East US Highway 136, Pittsboro, IN

The best known of these is Stow Acres Country Club, the site of the 1995 US Amateur Public Links Championship.

* Lakewood Club is a village on US 31 in the northwest corner of the township.

The city is a suburb of St. Louis and is home to Bellerive Country Club, which hosted the 1992 PGA Championship and 1965 US Open.