31.   For Mary Kay, which has less experience in emerging markets, the former Soviet bloc is the focus of its overseas growth.

32.   For those in the former Soviet bloc, there was no institutional memory of how a market economy is supposed to work.

33.   GE Capital, a unit of General Electric Co., said it expects to complete the purchase of its first venture in a former Soviet bloc country this month.

34.   Germany said that three separate shipments of weapons-grade nuclear material from the former Soviet bloc have been seized within the last four months.

35.   He also denied rumors of a deal with judges from the former East bloc.

36.   He also urged that the trans-Atlantic partners work together to expand NATO and aid former Soviet bloc nations in embracing free markets and consolidating democracy.

37.   Hundreds of foreign women, mostly from former communist bloc countries, have passed through Velesta over the last few years.

38.   In a historic move to expand the Western military alliance closer to Russia, NATO agreed Tuesday to ask three former Soviet bloc nations to join its circle.

39.   In addition to Ireland, the foundation supports projects in South Africa, the former Soviet bloc, Eastern Europe, Israel and Jordan.

40.   In a report released in September, UNICEF found that the living standards of women and girls throughout the former Soviet bloc had deteriorated.