For example, the magnitude of the loss of life caused by the recent earthquake in Armenia was in large measure attributable to the fact that civilian construction in the USSR is systematically denied the steel prudent building techniques require in such a seismically active region.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: US-Soviet Relations

So far, the Bush administration has threatened North Korea, not with war, but with further isolation including, with help from other countries, the interdiction of shipments of the missiles and illegal drugs that finance its nuclear habit and growing pressure to suspend construction of two civilian nuclear reactors that were part of the 1994 deal although George Bush has been careful not to rule out force.

ECONOMIST: Peace or war on the Korean peninsula