Only with the rise of the Space Shuttle programme, beginning in 1981, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union a decade later, did America retake the crown.

只有在1981年开始的空间航天飞机项目，以及十年之后的苏联解体，才让美国取得了空间技术领域的桂冠。

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South Africa voluntarily disarmed in the 1990s, as did Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

在20世纪90年代，南非效仿苏联的白罗斯、哈萨克斯坦和乌克兰，自愿解除核武装。

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Only with the rise of the Space Shuttle programme in the early 1980s, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union a few years later, did America retake the crown.

直到20世纪80年代初航天飞机计划的兴起以及没几年后苏联的解体，美国才重获该领域的主导地位。

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During his years with ABC, he covered a wide range of international events, including the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Gulf War and the Middle East peace process and U.S. deployment in Somalia.

CNN: CNN Profiles - Jim Bittermann - Senior European Correspondent

With the Cold War's passing and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Turkey is surrounded by potential instability and conflict, a situation that shows no sign of change in the foreseeable future.

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After the island's so-called "special period, " which began in the early 1990s after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Cuba -- which had long enjoyed Soviet subsidies -- was confronted with a prolonged period of economic hardship.

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