The author agree with views of sociologists: women issue is hidden by class issue during the Soviet Union period.

作者赞同社会学家们的观点：苏联时期的妇女问题是被阶级问题所掩盖的。

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When the Soviet Union crumbled and withdrew its aid to Cuba, triggering the so-called "special period" that began in the early 1990s, times became even harder and the joke changed.

当苏联因崩溃而撤走给古巴的援助，从而触发了从1990年初开始的所谓的“特别时期”时，日子变得更加艰难，而那个笑话也变了。

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But the assistance that did flow into the Soviet Union could only have occurred during a period of close relations between Washington and Moscow.

然而这部分实际进入苏联的援助也仅可能发生在华盛顿和莫斯科关系密切的那段时期内。

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During the period of the Cold War, an estimated 30 million people in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union listened to him on the radio.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

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.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the over 30 year long period of MAD between the two greatest powers on Earth ended.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Peace through strength in a globalized world

The Clinton Administration perceived the Base Force as a temporary fix, designed largely to avoid precipitous actions in the period of uncertainty following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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