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Century XX
In the twentieth century I was growing up in Eastern Europe, in a republic that became an independent country, and a part of it I lived in Latin America.
The Nineteen-Eighties
Most of my childhood happened in the 1980s, and I have limited knowledge about earlier events.
The Nineteen-Nineties
My early youth happened in the nineties. My country fell apart, and the society was reorganizing in some strange, wild ways.