1.   But the intrusion of politics did not begin or end with the superpower conflict.

2.   And without a superpower conflict to manipulate for their ends, some national movements like the Palestine Liberation Organization have even concluded that peace is a viable option.

3.   India, a more powerful player in the region, refused to take sides in the superpower conflict.

4.   Secrecy, or at least a severe lack of communication, hampered the growth of science in Soviet times on both sides of the superpower conflict.

5.   Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, the threat of a superpower conflict has virtually disappeared.

6.   The end of the Cold War has brought a resurgence of ethnic hatreds that were often stilled by the superpower conflicts between East and West.

7.   With their book, Sontag and Drew introduce us to one of the least known and most harrowing battlefields of the superpower conflict.

8.   During the Cold War, the Finns steered clear of superpower conflicts but warily eyed developments in the former Soviet Union.

9.   He noted that the fall of the Soviet Union ended the superpower conflict, and in Nicaragua in particular, he was returning to a changed climate.