Word: americanizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...challenge to the $3 billion in aid the U.S. sends Israel every year. While it?s unlikely that the issue will seriously disrupt the U.S.-Israel relationship, it has spurred efforts in Israel to repeal the 1977 law that forbids the extradition of Israelis to stand trial abroad. One American for whom Sheinbein?s plea bargain may be particularly painful: Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison after his conviction in 1985 on charges of spying for Israel. Israel has been quietly pressing for Pollard?s release since last year?s Wye River talks...
John Pike tracks North Korea's missile program as director of space policy for the Federation of American Scientists...
Sources: North American Securities Administrators Association; AP; Citizens for Tax Justice; Kimberly-Clark Corp...
...Growth in membership of the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) since...
...really. It's difficult to get a missile to work once on a test range, but it is even more difficult to get it to work if you have a war one afternoon. The Taepo Dong-1 has flown only once, whereas in an American program you'd fly a missile 20 times before it's put into service. But this limited testing may be enough for the North Koreans, because they know how incredibly allergic we are to missiles and that it doesn't take much to get us scared...