Gradual changes can be discerned, too, like when the intensity of Soviet-bloc countries' nighttime lights slowly increased after the USSR's fall.

同样渐变也能够被察觉，比如前苏维埃阵营国家的灯光密度在苏联解体之后出现了缓慢的增长。

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But few of the former Soviet bloc countries had better jokes than the Hungarians.

其实前苏联国家的笑话赶不上匈牙利的。

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Plans for a missile defense system in parts of the former Soviet bloc have been an irritant between Washington and Moscow.

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In Asia,parts of South America, Russia and other former Soviet bloc countries, experts think a higher consumption of preserved and salted food and poorly refrigerated food could be links.

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Some 500, 000 workers from the former Soviet bloc have registered with Britain's Home Office since 2004.

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You even get a little exposure to former Soviet bloc countries like Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

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Much of what is smuggled through Syria into Iraq is equipment manufactured in former Soviet bloc countries, he said.

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