Most other such countries experienced a tumultuous, but peaceful, transition.

Mr. Chkhartishvili's trajectory, in its own way, follows that of Russia and Russian literature in the tumultuous transition since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

When Trexler began his career, in the late 1860s, Allentown, the commercial center of the agriculturally rich Lehigh Valley region, was undergoing a tumultuous economic transition.

It was followed by a tumultuous transition to multiparty democracy over the next few decades, which was interrupted by military coups d'état in 1960, 1971, 1980 and 1997.

Ms. Hesse, 47 years old, has presided over the commission during much of the natural gas industry's tumultuous transition from tight regulation to a business marked by fierce market competition.

The company is clearly in a tumultuous transition.

The region's tumultuous transitions are marked by a shifting political landscape, significant economic challenges, and evolving security threats.

The election of a new President will complete a tumultuous transition from Indonesia's autocratic former President, Suharto, who was forced to resign in May 1998.

The story is set during Afghanistan's tumultuous thirty-year transition from Soviet occupation to Taliban control and post-Taliban rebuilding.

Even without new ethnic battles and political upheavals, the tumultuous transition of the former Communist world will demand constant attention and reaction.