The origins of lambaste are somewhat uncertain, but the word was most likely formed by combining the verbs lam and baste, both of which mean to beat severely. (Incidentally, lambaste can also be spelled lambast, despite the modern spelling of the verb baste.) Some other synonyms of lambaste include pummel, thrash, and pound.
According to the Wikipedia article on Fahrenheit: Fahrenheit remains the official scale for the following countries: the Bahamas, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Palau and the United States and associated territories (Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Canada retains it as a supplementary scale that can be used alongside Celsius.
The United States is one of the five nuclear weapons states permitted to maintain a nuclear arsenal under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, of which it was an original drafter and signatory on 1 July 1968 (ratified 5 March 1970).he United States is one of the five nuclear weapons states permitted to maintain a nuclear arsenal under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, of which it was an original drafter and signatory on 1 July 1968 (ratified 5 March 1970).