31.  In his book, Alibek, a Kazakh by birth, says the Soviet state devoted a considerable part of its treasury to readying deadly germs for war.

32.  In the old days, the Soviet state gave them a good living and published their works in mass quantity.

33.  In some other former Soviet states where Washington has pushed democratization, progress has been uneven.

34.  In the past, authorities here relied on a system of rewards for its nuclear elite and the iron grip of the Soviet state to protect nuclear materials.

35.  It portrayed the composer as embittered by the mistreatment he had suffered and vengeful toward the Soviet state, and toward the memory of Stalin in particular.

36.  Look for Clinton to battle Republicans to keep funneling aid to former Soviet states to pay for dismantling their nuclear weapons programs.

37.  Meanwhile, despite the problems they face, teen-agers in the former Soviet states still nurture their dreams of a better future.

38.  More broadly, the former Soviet states have been moving toward increased military cooperation and are discussing the formation of some sort of united Defense Union.

39.  Most are in Latin America, but the numbers have risen sharply in former Soviet states too.

40.  Moreover, a dozen or more other East European and former Soviet states are potential future members of the alliance, which would total up yet more expenses.