41.   Soros, a Hungarian-born businessman and philanthropist, has spent millions of dollars on education and science in the countries of the former communist bloc.

42.   That would mean higher compensation for former slave laborers living in wealthy Western nations than for those in the former communist eastern bloc.

43.   The martial law crackdown was intended to crush Solidarity, the first free trade union in the Communist bloc.

44.   The martial law crackdown was intended to crush Solidarity, the first free trade union in the former communist bloc.

45.   The other cheapest destinations were mostly in the former Communist bloc.

46.   The organization, once the vanguard of human rights in the Communist bloc, will also have a key role in pursuing alleged human rights violations.

47.   The sources said the treaty will encourage smaller petroleum companies in Western nations to invest in oil development in the former communist bloc.

48.   The two countries led opposing camps of the communist bloc during the Cold War, but relations have steadily improved in the last decade.

49.   Three former communist bloc countries, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, are considered front-runners.

50.   Hurd noted that its extreme form was practiced by the former Soviet Union and other communist bloc countries, whose economies stagnated for decades.