Mr Clinton had hoped to persuade India and Pakistan, two antagonistic nuclear neighbours, to sign the test-ban treaty.
G8 countries, which have said India must sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, will now want Pakistan to sign as well.
And, like New Delhi, Islamabad showed no readiness to bend to U.S. pressure and sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Clinton will probably press the Indians to scale down their nuclear ambitions and to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (even though the U.S. hasn't).
The US imposed economic and military sanctions on India (and Pakistan) when it carried out its nuclear test in May 1998, and has since pressed both countries to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - but to no avail.
The idea of rewarding India and Pakistan, if they are willing now to sign onto the Comprehensive Test Ban, may make the so-called "international community" feel better.
So far, there's no sign of a dip to test the theory.
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In a wide-ranging speech, she stated that she believed that the US would sign up to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which forbids the testing of nuclear weapons.
The House has called for a block-grant system that would allow states to use their federal education dollars as they see fit, as long as they sign pledges guaranteeing that state test scores will demonstrate a steady curve upward.
Washington has been pushing to get both countries to freeze their respective nuclear programs and sign two treaties: the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
You can sign up for a free beta test, though.
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The SITW community is already active because today's launch comes at the end of a six-month beta trial, which enabled 500 businesses, offering more than 140 different services, to sign up, try out and test the platform.
Currently, parents must sign up their children to take the test, screening out those whose families are less engaged or savvy.
Because the Irex isn't seamlessly linked to its own online store, I had to establish, or sign into, four different accounts to test the device fully.
To sign up, you take a personality test that Fisher designed, which asks you questions about everything from feelings about following rules to your understanding of complex machinery and the length of your ring finger, relative to your index finger.
That would be both a test of Mr Abbas and a sign of good faith.
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The setback is an ominous sign for an economy already facing a severe test in 2011, as the government's fiscal retrenchment moves from plans in Whitehall to reality on the ground.
Technically, a high yield test would be self-evidently a sign of national strength.
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Continued delay would be a helpful sign if it results in also delaying the "test phase" as well as training Iranians on how to operate the plant.
Tamim, who made 128 against West Indies in St Vincent last year, showed no sign of nerves as he brought up his second Test century by gloving a boundary to fine leg off Zaheer.
For example, Mr Ariely finds that people are less likely to cheat if they read the Ten Commandments before doing a test, or if they have to sign a declaration of honesty before submitting their tax return.
Unlike members of the NSG, India has not only failed to sign the NPT, it has not signed the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty either.
The general public can sign up for invitations today but Goodies launched its beta test back in August and already amassed about 3, 000 users across the country.
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One telling sign could be the nature of the fuel used in the test, though that is not yet clear.
The link-up means Redding and his new team-mate Mika Kallio have already been able to test next year's bike and in a sign of the team's respect for Redding he was involved in the process.
Actual spending tends to exceed budget estimates, but there is no sign of a defence spending spree after last year's nuclear test.
Players may sign up now to be involved in the "Ultima Forever" beta test.
Hence India refuses to sign the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and has ruled out signing a Comprehensive Test Ban, unless all other nuclear powers do.
If the person later felt any chest pain, they could do a further test, and the machine would tell them if there was any sign of a heart attack or angina and direct them to seek medical attention.
At the summit, the United States will sign accords on enhanced verification procedures sought by the Reagan Administration for the Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty of the 1970s as prerequisites to ratification by the U.S. Congress.
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