Until Moscow resumed nuclear testing last September 1, the US and UK had released more than twice as much radiation into the atmosphere as the Russians, and the fallout from the earlier blasts is still coming down.

Now, of course, that the Russians are the nuclear villains, radiation is a nastier word than it was in the mid, when the US was testing in the atmosphere.

Now, the picture is clouded, and even US Sens. James O. Eastland and John C. Stennis, who remained loyal to the ticket, are uncertain of their status.

He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences and several foreign academies and societies, including the Danish Academy of Sciences, Norwegian Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, and US National Academy of Sciences.

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.

* is the name of three different US warships between 1869 and 1972

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

AFI FEST is the only film festival in the US to hold FIAPF ( Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films ) accreditation.

Every natural-born citizen of a foreign state who is also an American citizen and every natural-born American citizen who is a citizen of a foreign land owes a double allegiance, one to the United States, and one to his homeland ( in the event of an immigrant becoming a citizen of the US ), or to his adopted land ( in the event of an emigrant natural born citizen of the US becoming a citizen of another nation ).

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

As of April 24, 2008, the average monthly salary is 75, 000 drams ( about $ 242 US dollars ).

American Samoa is an unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior.

US dollar is used

* 1790 – The first US Census is conducted.

( It is important to note that in the US some states prohibit the use of the word ' Architect ' to be used in any way to describe an unlicensed person who is in the architectural profession.

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

Assault in some US jurisdictions is defined more broadly still as any intentional physical contact with another person without their consent ; but in the majority of the United States, and in England and Wales and all other common law jurisdictions in the world, this is defined instead as battery.

The Triumph of Time is also the US title of James Blish's novel A Clash of Cymbals.

A RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 anti-ballistic missile is launched from USS Shiloh ( CG-67 ) | USS Shiloh, a US Navy Ticonderoga class cruiser | Ticonderoga-class cruiser.

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

In 2006 Alberta's per capita GDP was higher than all US states, and one of the highest figures in the world.

In addition, ASU is ranked 78th in the world / 45th in the US by the Academic Ranking of World Universities and was named as one of " America's Best College Buys " by Forbes magazine.

* Ranald MacDonald, first man to teach the English language in Japan and one of the interpreters between the Tokugawa shogunate and Commodore Perry when the latter made his trips to Japan on behalf of the US government in the early 1850s

Plans were also made for a new retractable-roof ballpark, Bank One Ballpark, nicknamed the BOB, ( renamed in 2005 to Chase Field ) to be built in an industrial / warehouse district on the southeast edge of downtown Phoenix, one block from the Suns ' America West Arena ( now US Airways Center ).

In 1983 an a cappella group known as The Flying Pickets had a Christmas ' number one ' in the UK with a cover of Yazoo's ( known in the US as Yaz ) " Only You ".

Most other US Navy and allied navy destroyers, destroyer escorts, frigates, and several different classes of cruisers only carried the one ASROC ' matchbox ' MK 112 launcher with eight ASROC missiles ( although later in service, some of those missiles could be replaced by the Harpoon anti-ship missile ).

Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world with an average income per capita of € 250 ( US $ 300 ).

The thermosetting phenolic resin was at one point considered for the manufacture of coins, due to a shortage of traditional material ; in 1943, Bakelite and other non-metal materials were tested for usage for the one cent coin in the US before the Mint settled on zinc-coated steel.

It is approximately the amount of energy needed to heat of water, which is exactly one tenth of a UK gallon or about 0. 1198 US gallons, from 39 ° F to 40 ° F ( 3. 8 ° C to 4. 4 ° C ).

A version of the archbar truck was at one time also used on US Railway car # Freight cars | freight cars

The average rate for a one room apartment was 602. 27 CHF ( US $ 480, £ 270, € 390 ), a two room apartment was about 846. 52 CHF ( US $ 680, £ 380, € 540 ), a three room apartment was about 1054. 14 CHF ( US $ 840, £ 470, € 670 ) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 2185. 24 CHF ( US $ 1750, £ 980, € 1400 ).

Brooks's institute has charged varying fees to prospective clients who wished to learn how to live without food, which have ranged from US $ 100, 000 with an initial deposit of $ 10, 000 to one billion dollars, to be paid via bank wire transfer with a preliminary deposit of $ 100, 000, for a session called " Immortality workshop ".

Canada has the tenth largest economy in the world ( measured in US dollars at market exchange rates ), is one of the world's wealthiest nations, and is a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) and Group of Eight ( G8 ).

In the US, " cross ownership " also refers to a type of investment in different mass-media properties in one market.

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.

At one point, almost every major city in the US had a velodrome or two for track racing events, however since the middle of the 20th century cycling has become a minority sport in the US whilst in Continental Europe it continues to be a major sport, particularly in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy and Spain.

A few US professional societies whose professions frequently employ various non-word characters, such as chemistry and computer programming, use the British form in their style guides ( see ACS Style Guide ).

There is limited natural fresh water resources ( except for a few seasonal streams and springs on Tortola, most of the islands ' water supply comes from wells and rainwater catchments ). It has strong ties to nearby US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

However, due to concerns over the previous Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista the company had started foreign branches a few years prior to the revolution ; the Company moved the ownership of the Company's trademarks, assets and proprietary formulas out of the country to the Bahamas prior to the revolution as well as constructing plants in Puerto Rico and Mexico after the prohibition era to save in import taxes for rum being imported to the US.

* Bridgelayer: The US field-converted a few M4 in Italy with A-frame-supported bridge and heavy rear counter-weight to make the Mobile Assault Bridge.

In the past few years, a practice called yarn bombing, or the use of knitted or crocheted cloth to modify and beautify one's ( usually outdoor ) surroundings, emerged in the US and spread worldwide.

The silicon cost of an 8051 is now as low as US $ 0. 001, because some implementations use as few as 2, 200 logic gates and take 0. 0127 square millimeters of silicon.

Young Americans was a commercial success in both the US and the UK, and a re-issue of the 1969 single " Space Oddity " became Bowie's first number one hit in the UK a few months after " Fame " achieved the same in the US.

In English speaking countries, " Xavier " is one of the few names starting with X, and until recently was likely to follow " Francis "; in the last decade, however, " Xavier " by itself has become more popular than " Francis ", and is now one of the hundred most common male baby names in the US.

After a few minor experiments using sailing vessels the US Navy implemented a small number of combat hydrofoils, such as the Pegasus class, from 1977 through 1993.

Harvey Mudd College is said to be one of the few colleges in the US with very low grade inflation.

The US Atomic Energy Commission and NASA tested a few designs from 1959 to 1968.

The agreement did not officially provide for the stationing of United States service personnel in Kuwait as the 1, 500 US personnel remaining after the Gulf War were scheduled to leave within a few months.

A few days later, Colonel John M. Chivington led US troops in a massacre at Sand Creek.

The reason to build a new M4 is to produce a new more reliable carbine for US troops in a few years.

A few years into the price-fixing investigation, Whitacre confessed to his FBI handlers that he had been involved with corporate kickbacks and money laundering at ADM. Whitacre was later convicted of embezzling US $ 9 million ; some of this criminal activity occurred during the time he was cooperating with the FBI.

* 1884 – A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, US, attacks members of a jury who had returned a verdict of manslaughter in a clear case of murder, and then over the next few days would riot and destroy the courthouse.

In late June he summoned his lawyer to draw up an extensive will bequeathing his property plus 3, 444 crowns ( around $ 300, 000 US today ), minus a few debts, to his wife pending her remarriage, in trust for her sons pending their twenty-fifth birthdays and her daughters pending their marriages.

Hazmi obtained a B-1 / B-2 tourist visa on April 3, 1999 from the US consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, using a new passport he acquired a few weeks earlier.

Many view the pursuit of nuclear weapons by these states as a threat to nonproliferation and world peace, and therefore seek policies to discourage the spread of nuclear weapons to these states, a few of which are often described by the US as " rogue states ".

Many standard IC op-amps cost only a few cents in moderate production volume ; however some integrated or hybrid operational amplifiers with special performance specifications may cost over $ 100 US in small quantities.

Within a few years, this previously obscure term featured regularly in the lexicon of the conservative social and political challenges against curriculum expansion and progressive teaching methods in US high schools and universities.

In the US policing there is typically a state police force, but crimes are usually handled by local police forces which usually only cover a few municipalities.

" In the United States, political scientists known as " Americanists " look at a variety of data including constitutional development, elections, public opinion and public policy such as Social Security reform ,..... foreign policy, US Congressional committees, and the US Supreme Court — to name only a few issues.