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He made plain that he was looking for something more substantial than the “feel good” factor based on inflationary pay claims and soaring house prices.（）

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Still, you could work your way through without help from parents or the government.（）

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Experiments show that on a normal distribution curve the deviation from the mean represented by the top of the curve is equal on both sides.（）

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Reduced consumption of meat, increased use of new high protein food made from soybeans, and development of ocean resources for food are some alternatives that must be considered.（）

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Alcohol is also high in calories, but beer and wine contain some of the B vitamins and wine is a good source of iron, so even a teetotaler could not describe all alcohol as useless, nutritionally speaking.（）

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In circuses, animals are taught to do the tricks that are most compatible to their physical and temperamental make-up.（）

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In these terms the U.S economy has been contracting since the late 60s.（）

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What can be done to halt and reverse the tobacco epidemic amongst women?（）

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Black,he said, was a convicted traitor. He had sent people to their death who were acting on behalf of Britain's interests and he was making a profit out of it.（）

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This cosmic vista, seen in a photo released by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) two weeks ago, is the latest in a series of stunning images captured from the ends of the universe by the Hubble Space Telescope.（）

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Of these, the overwhelming majority, well over 90 percent, have been for specific projects such as schools.（）

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More important is the fact that it can float bonds and use the proceeds to make loans.（）

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The Bank is both a developmental and a financial institution, and each project for which it lends must satisfy both features of the institution.（）

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The repeated actions of preparing, sorting, filling, distributing, and keeping track of records and publications can be as troublesome as calculating.（） 

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This concentration on project lending is directed at ensuring that Bank funds are invested in sound, productive projects.（） 

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The economy boomed in the wake of the Kennedy tax cuts, which brought the top marginal income tax rate down from 91 percent to 70 percent.（）

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Its power is ultimately derived from the force of gravity and from the sun.（）

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Reading aloud is, in essence, an advertisement for learning to read.（）

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Animals like the buffalo and the pronghorn antelope, which once roamed the plains in countless numbers, were either killed or pushed off the grasslands.（）

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The lending nations subscribe toward its capital stock in proportion to their economic importance.（）