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    The Special Period (Spanish: Período especial), officially the Special Period in the Time of Peace (Período especial en tiempos de paz), was an extended...
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  • depression, resulting from the loss of income from Soviet trade. This Special Period saw the re-introduction of elements of market capitalism into the Cuban...
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    sugar prices in the early 1990s. This economic crisis is known as the Special Period. Cuba's economy rebounded in the early 2000s due to a combination of...
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    The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan...
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  • The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object. In astronomy...
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    In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323...
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  • in 1991 Cuba was plunged into a severe economic crisis known as the Special Period that ended in 2000 when Venezuela began providing Cuba with subsidized...
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    In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period (or interbellum) lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days)...
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  • Hindi-language period heist thriller, directed by Neeraj Pandey. The Specials (2019 film), a film by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano Television special, television...
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  • The sunrise period of domain name registration is a special period during which trademark holders may preregister names that are the same or similar to...
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  • the Soviet ruble. The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 resulted in a Special Period of difficult economic adjustments for Cuba. From 1994 to 2020 the Cuban...
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    the Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603, including the Elizabethan era during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The Tudor period coincides...
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    in 1991. Cuba then entered an era of serious economic hardship, the Special Period. The relationship between the USSR and the Castro regime were initially...
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    The Confederation period was the era of the United States' history in the 1780s after the American Revolution and prior to the ratification of the United...
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    In Japanese history, the Jōmon period (縄文時代, Jōmon jidai) is the time between c. 14,000 and 300 BC, during which Japan was inhabited by a diverse hunter-gatherer...
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    Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military...
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    partner the Soviet Union, and the resulting economic crisis known as the Special Period, Cuba's government embarked on a major program to restore old hotels...
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    The Muromachi period or Muromachi era (室町時代, Muromachi jidai), also known as the Ashikaga period or Ashikaga era (足利時代, Ashikaga jidai), is a division...
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    Jineterismo during the Special Period. Global Development Studies, 1, 3-4 Winter 1998-Spring 1999. "Jineterismo During the Special Period". Archived from the...
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  • In developmental psychology and developmental biology, a critical period is a maturational stage in the lifespan of an organism during which the nervous...
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  • In a legislature, a special session (also extraordinary session) is a period when the body convenes outside of the normal legislative session. This most...
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  • Another Period is an American period sitcom television series created by and starring Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome. It followed the lives of the Bellacourts...
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    famously was off the menu of many ordinary Cubans for a time during the Special Period of Cuban history, after the fall of the Soviet Union. While some Cubans...
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    to suffer under an economic crisis that hadn't been seen since the Special Period. To try to revitalize the economy the CUC currency was eliminated in...
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    The Kamakura period (鎌倉時代, Kamakura jidai, 1185–1333) is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established...
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  • each period will be used. One common example of this practice is to designate at least one compulsory period a day for physical education. One special example...
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    crisis, it also led people to escape the island. The consequence of the “Special Period" of the 1990s for Cuban cinema is a drastic reduction in the resources...
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    The Stuart period of British history lasted from 1603 to 1714 during the dynasty of the House of Stuart. The period was plagued by internal and religious...
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  • the already under-maintained vehicles. As a result of the "Special Period" in 1991 (a period of food and energy shortages caused by the loss of the Soviet...
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    government's objectives "to defend the Cuban Revolution". Since the "Special Period in the Times of Peace" in the 1990s, women have stepped to the forefront...
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