1.   Already prime ministers and presidents from the former Communist nations are flying off to Brussels with victory waves and coming back beaming, saying membership is imminent.

2.   And, he says, it can help former communist nations avoid economic chaos.

3.   As president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Koehler oversees an institution that provides loans to the formerly communist nations of central Europe.

4.   Baseball rules prohibit teams from scouting in Cuba, and the United States has a trade embargo against communist nations.

5.   A host of former Communist nations of Eastern Europe are struggling with their new lives, embroiled in ethnic clashes and economic quicksand.

6.   After years of pleading, Mrs. Nakasuji was allowed to visit her in the rigidly controlled Communist nation.

7.   Along the way, the fund has eased the transition to capitalism for several other former Communist nations, and helped Argentina surmount a bank crisis.

8.   Bush said he would oppose opening up trade with the communist nation as long as Fidel Castro remains in power.

9.   But the Baptists did get permission to enter that communist nation, which continues to have tense relations with the United States.

10.   Christianity is allowed in the Communist nation, but the government says the Fangcheng Church is a cult.