If approved, the license change could essentially eliminate the debate over the full power threshold.

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You just have to make sure the woman you sponsor is not only ready, but willing to make the sacrifices that are likely necessary for her to cross the threshold to power within the next year or two.

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The lower we make the threshold for becoming a world power, the more tempting it becomes.

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The report which was submitted to French President Nicolas Sarkozy late last month concluded that unless something changes, Iran will have passed the nuclear threshold by the end of 2009 and will become a nuclear power no later than 2011.

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