A senior White House official, briefing reporters after the talks, also gave the outcome a more positive spin than seemed warranted when he said, "in shorthand terms, we have retained the U."

会谈以后，一位白宫资深官员向记者简报时，也将会谈结果故意做正面解释。

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Iraq constructed centrifuges (which spin uranium to extract the U-235 used in a bomb) before the Gulf War so has the knowledge to do this again.

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The Russians perfected a far less energy-hogging method that uses centrifuges to spin the uranium hexafluoride at 50, 000rpm so that heavier u-238 separates from lighter u-235.

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While many analysts feel Vivendi will most likely spin off its U.S.-based media assets, like Universal Music and film studios, others speculate the firm may well elect to unload its utility holdings.

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