11.   Now, with the collapse of communism, the former Soviet bloc is the latest region to be ransacked by thieves and smugglers for its art.

12.   Phillips also contends the opposition bloc is illegal.

13.   That large voting bloc will be the obvious target of both candidates in the coming weeks, as voters begin to focus on the election.

14.   The main exporters are Russia and Iran and the biggest single importing bloc is the European Union.

15.   The turnout is typically heavy in those communities, and bloc voting is not uncommon.

16.   The undecided bloc of voters is nearly one-quarter of the respondents.

17.   They did the exact same thing, and the Soviet bloc was very sensitive to these things. . . .

18.   This huge voting bloc is partly the reason Harman is so angry at her Democratic Party rival, Checchi.

19.   But it also could raise concern in those countries that an economic bloc against them was in prospect.

20.   But the bloc is new and faces still competition from better-established conservative and liberal parties.