2.) States are the primary actors in international politics. Those states can be treated like rational, unitary acting bodies. No loviathen or international legislation that makes nations comply. If they do comply it is because it is in their own self-interest / they want to.
tonofilament[tonâ²Å-filâ²Ä-ment] 1. A structural cytoplasmic protein, of a class known as intermediate filaments, bundles of which together form a tonofibril; a tonofilament is made up of a variable number of related proteins, keratins, and is found in all epithelial cells, but is particularly well developed in the epidermis.
The Blue Ridge Dam and surge tank. A surge tank (or surge drum) is a standpipe or storage reservoir at the downstream end of a closed aqueduct, feeder, dam, barrage pipe to absorb sudden rises of pressure, as well as to quickly provide extra water during a brief drop in pressure.