Following the Soviets' blockade of Berlin, this began the Cold War in earnest.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

's blockade of Berlin, this began the Cold War in earnest.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

"Bad news would be a supply shock - if you did have a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz or a war in the Middle East, " Koll said.

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The country has found it difficult to escape from poverty, partly because of a trade blockade imposed by neighbouring Turkey and Azerbaijan since the 1990s war with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.

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U.S. Patent No. 2, 292, 387 for a "Secret Communication System" was issued to Hedy Kiesler Markey and George Antheil in 1942. (Markey was the surname of a husband she had divorced in 1940.) The frequency-hopping technology was not put to use in World War II, but it was employed in 1962 during the blockade of Cuba.

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