They were actually updated in mid 90s when they made the cap have a hole in it.
Daerun
American bics may be made in a different way because here in Spain they are so reliable they are a de facto standard for people taking an exam.
If you really believe that the USA has "100-years tradition of upkeeping democracy against major non-democratic players" you are in delusion.
I'm going to cunduct a deeper investigation, because I am not sure if that's a G.I.Joe MCC missile.
EDIT: it's a VAMP v2 missile.
I stopped using electric brush because I didn't feel nearly as clean as manual.
... or to hide their own imperialism.
Folders, subfolders and a system to organize bookmarks into them... More or less, it's not always efficient enough for me to remember where I kept that cool random brackets generator web I once found, but I'm fine with it.
Useles in pans, unfortunately, because they scratch the teflon.
People would do the weirdest things...
"So, as I was saying officer, as I am not a trained trolley operator I didn't knew the lever was a mechanism for it to do thinks, so I watched in horror as it approached the... (tries hard to hide smile)"
1-School and college exams in Europe are most usually in "write everything you know" mode.
2-You are clearly talking about some non-bic branded pens.