Vital for the European Union - dependent on it too.

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Then Cuba had become dependent on selling sugar to the Soviet Union at an inflated price.

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As union members, collectors' salaries are dependent on length of service and the top step of their salary range is reached in their sixth year.

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Greece has been dependent since May 2010 on funds from two international rescue loan deals with other European Union countries and the International Monetary Fund, in return for which it imposed a series of deep spending cuts and tax hikes.

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First, as a maritime power we and our allies and friends are critically dependent on naval forces to a measure far beyond that of a land-power like the Soviet Union.

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