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Yavin4

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6. Some had fat military govt contracts that would disappear along with Soviet Union

Reply to Igel (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 20, 2016, 04:12 PM

Jun 2016

I went to business school in Southern CA in the mid-90s just after the Cold War. 50% of my class were refugees from defense contractors who were out of work due to the end of the Cold War.

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