21.  For many of the older refugees, who grew up under the Soviet state, the American private-enterprise system has proven a cultural shock.

22.  He was the highest-ranking official to keep his job despite the collapse of the Soviet state, a sign of his bureaucratic survival skills.

23.  He was the highest-ranking official to hang onto his post despite the collapse of the Soviet state.

24.  He said Mabetex had obtained contracts in Russia and other former Soviet states through a good reputation.

25.  His father, a Marxist lawyer, named his three sons Vladimir, Ilich, and Lenin, after the founder of the Soviet state.

26.  His one remaining concession was to act as agent for selling art treasures now owned by the Soviet state.

27.  In a revised and updated edition, the author examines the ethnic nationalism of these former Soviet states and its implications for the West.

28.  In hindsight, observers say, it was hardly wise to lend so lavishly to a weak Soviet state deep in financial crisis.

29.  In an unprecedented alliance, Uzbekistan last week became the first former Soviet state to allow U.S. troops to operate out of its territory.

30.  In addition, Littlefield said the former Soviet state of Kazakhstan has sent out a request for a eurobond issue proposal to international banks.