If you buy a teener (1/16th of an ounce) and divvy it up into quarters, youâll get a little over 7 quarters. A teener is a little more than 1.75 grams. If you buy two teeners, youâve got an 8-ball. An 8-ballâs got a little more than 14 quarters, or 3.5 grams.
As of May 2016, it has been ratified by 85 states that account for a significant proportion of world trade, making it one of the most successful international uniform laws. Azerbaijan was the most recent state to ratify the Convention, having acceded to it on 3 May 2016. The CISG was developed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and was signed in Vienna in 1980.
In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955.ATO: The Western Nations Join Forces. The discussions between the Western nations concluded on April 4, 1949, when the foreign ministers of 12 countries in North America and Western Europe gathered in Washington, D.C. , to sign the North Atlantic Treaty.