81.   Oral history is also undergoing something of a renaissance because of the opening up of the former Soviet bloc countries.

82.   Over the ensuing decades, the institute began supplying precisely targeted phages to hospitals all over the Soviet bloc.

83.   Poland, alone among the former countries of the Soviet bloc, never collectivized its agriculture.

84.   Rising unemployment was cited by many delegates as a crucial factor leading to an erosion of power for women in the former Soviet bloc.

85.   Roth stressed that former Soviet bloc countries seeking NATO membership must take steps to resolve border disputes.

86.   Similarly, the tapes of Radio Free Europe, which broadcast to the countries of the Soviet bloc, were moved to Prague in June.

87.   Some museums in former Soviet bloc countries, strapped for hard currency, have been demanding high fees for art loans.

88.   Stronger protective measures are also required at all military and civilian nuclear sites in the former Soviet bloc.

89.   That may not be surprising, since the port was a major distribution point for goods from the now defunct Soviet bloc.

90.   That policy ought to be reconsidered in the absence of the overwhelming conventional military threat posed by the old Soviet bloc.