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[001] walked into the room,and Komarovsky spoke to him in a _____ manner. 'My dear young man. As you know, I was a grea
[002] nx. "But we're watching individual players." It was a _____ feeling. Earlier in the afternoon, the Lady Bruins h
[003] lor-coded diagrams - guides to an Atlantic coastline _____ only by analogy: a little Big Sur, maybe, or Maine cu
[004] dependable haunts and conveniences that I'd become so _____ with as a twenty year veteran of Manhasset, Long Isla
[005] Killer Angels. ' It is not about famous men fighting _____ battles, although Frazier's brief treatment of the fi
[006] effort. He makes an impression by turning a strangely _____ world upside down. Seen from the ramp leading down to
[007] r's box office leaders. To health advocates and many _____ with the glamorous rituals built around cigarettes i
[008] s' comprehensive in south London, and I know June is _____ with what's called 'deschooling' children from a tea
[009] gs like the ones they left behind, because these are _____ : space settlers will do the same. And where would th
[010] new and inexplicable to the rest of the world, had a _____ and bitter resonance for many Americans. And here, at
[011] true of MacNeice in these last poems. He gives us his _____ world of marble, caves, water and gardens, and the sa
[012] evere narratives or dark fables which make everything _____ seem strange again. 'Soap Suds', 'Deja Vu', 'After t
[013] is own feet now walked across the stones. He felt the _____ roughness under his feet and smelled the bitter air o
[014] Walking down the dusty stairs, Isidore recognized the _____ voffice of Buster Friendly on the television. . . . a
[015] were covered with dust, but it felt good to feel the _____ ground under his feet. He found a small area of half-
[016] ave run over it. But after I wiped the mud o it, the _____ letter 'E' was there to see. Miss Smith saw it and ga
[017] s were helping the injured villagers. I recognized a _____ face under a uniform hat - Sergeant Roche of the har
[018] r tried to score points. It was a game that Flora was _____ with (from parties in London and elsewhere). And as,
[019] sweetheart! That's got it! Hold it!' And Seth was so _____ with the language of films that he obeyed, staying co
[020] gested Ralph Pent-Hartigan, taking Flora's hand in a _____ but rather pleasing way. But Flora had to go and help
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[001] great danger - you and I and Pasha - and that he can _____ us, if we follow his advice.' . 'I'm going out. I wi
[002] aughter.' 'And you think that you are the man who can _____ us?' asked Yury with a sound of disgust in his voffic
[003] amily in Paris. I have also promised Lara that I will _____ Strelnikov if possible. My men can look for him in Ea
[004] life to you. One day I may come to you and beg you to _____ me, but not now. For now, I'll worry about Lara. I'll
[005] right fielder Paul O'Neill, who felt he was about to _____ three runs with a leaping catch of Darrin Fletcher's
[006] reasure, and the townspeople should have a chance to _____ it. We were hoping that it could be saved where it i
[007] the life of the loan to 24 years and seven months and _____ $94,721. If you pay an additional $300 per month, yo
[008] er than collecting brass frogs. But if you'd like to _____ a few bucks and still put your computer to work on t
[009] uests. If you have little money to spend, or need to _____ what you have got, I recommend staying with a friend
[010] the writing instrument of today. *** GIVE BLOOD - _____ A LIFE! This advice on this poster was taken to hear
[011] st borrow it for a while. Lend us your blood - we'll _____ it for you (or, at least, some that's similar to your
[012] f,' he said. 'I needed something bigger, so I had to _____ for ages to buy an Amstrad with a hard disk and a c
[013] ns. Yes, first aid is terribly important and you can _____ lives if the right action is taken. I'd say that nin
[014] an unusual system? A shop like Foyle's should try to _____ your time for you, not waste it, so that you'll wan
[015] e home? What's different in the kitchen? J: Well, I _____ as much as I can, I don't throw it away. What I do t
[016] throw it away and buy a new one. Even so, I try to _____ any parts off it before I throw it away. I: And have
[017] cost about half the normal second-class fare, so you _____ some money. You travel in second-class compartments,
[018] ver a queue to board a first-class train! You don't _____ any money traveling first class, but you get comfort
[019] no shipbuilders left in the country. We are trying to _____ not just jobs but communities - towns and cities that
[020] to stay out on strike as long as it is necessary to _____ this industry. *** Louise Hidalgo considers life i
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[001] lease, for my sake, put your feelings to one side and _____ to him. Just for a few minutes.' Yury could not deny
[002] Misha so much. One day, Misha made Yury sit down and _____ to him with both ears. Misha had a list of things tha
[003] the river for many months. He ordered his men not to _____ to the nightly Macedonian war cries. Then Alexander
[004] d he warned the news media, telling anyone who would _____ that things were not going to be as easy as it looke
[005] ce against ill health, disability and death. When you _____ to BellSouth's 'Chatsford story' commercials, you're
[006] He paid 150 for it. We'd sit and have our picnic and _____ to the old steam trains whistle past. We went to the
[007] ry relaxed, and it's nice to just take in some jazz, _____ to some lady sing a few nice jazz songs. They serve
[008] vening, go to the piano bars along the sea front and _____ to some jazz or samba. We have some of the best live
[009] es with chalk on the blackboard, while the children _____ and take notes. They don't ask questions. It's consi
[010] vening I sometimes visit friends or stay at home and _____ to music, and at the weekends I am a very keen swimme
[011] een you for a while. It's good to see you. B: Yes... _____ , I haven't got much time to talk right now. Let's meet
[012] are difficult, you know - on Sunday, in the morning, _____ to a concert - but you say phone someone. In my lan
[013] hat have the new words. Then when I am driving I can _____ to their words and practise saying them. But I'm not
[014] conversations without them knowing it. Then I try to _____ to these people chatting, and if I understand any wo
[015] gap between the Islington Blair-band that watch and _____ to it and the low-income Glaswegians that don't' Spee
[016] ----------------------------------- IND 31 MAY 95 / _____ , minister, prison doesn't work: Michael Howard's own
[017] saved. Now, can we hope that the Home Secretary will _____ to his own research department and arise at the next
[018] 'I say to the men at the golf club, 'You should just _____ to this, it's wonderful',' says Robert, a pathologist
[019] the way pupils behave as you go round the school, and _____ to how pupils and teachers talk to one another. What
[020] to what you are saying!' 'Very good,' said Adrian. '' _____ ' is a good word and so is 'carefully'. Always get thos
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[001] If you don't, it's very simple: we'll shoot you. Our _____ needs a doctor, and you've been chosen.' 'Are you Mik
[002] dered by many people to be the true spirit of the Red _____ during the Civil War. They were known for being untra
[003] ociety. There were peasants, soldiers from the German _____ , churchmen, students, disappointed politicians and tr
[004] Russia. One of the leaders of this enormous people's _____ was Comrade Liberius Forester, once known as Liberius
[005] oung Liberius was respected by the leaders of the Red _____ because he got results, and the Forest Brotherhood he
[006] ng hair and beard, wearing dirty bits of rags and old _____ boots. The people around him wondered if he was ill
[007] n body. He was not noticed among the thousands of Red _____ men who crowded the stations and the streets of the c
[008] ummer, 1943 Misha Gordon was an officer in the Soviet _____ during World War II. He spent a lot of time with anot
[009] nquered. He married three Asian women, and filled his _____ and his court with Asian men. He believed that a mix
[010] Alexander, king of Macedonia, rode at the head of his _____ . Unlike most of his soldiers, he had no beard. His sk
[011] hat no one could stop the march of this extraordinary _____ . Certainly not the Persians, who had once ruled much
[012] of present-day Greece. In 490 BC, he sent an enormous _____ , to Athens, but the Athenians defeated it at the Batt
[013] inued the war against Greece. In 480 Bchesent another _____ , even larger than his father's one. It defeated the-S
[014] henians had to leave their city to escape the Persian _____ . While the Athenians were away, the Persians destroye
[015] de to defeat the Persians at Platea. Soon the Persian _____ returned to Asia. The danger had passed. But the Gree
[016] ld, he was able to pay for a full-time, professional _____ , which gave him a great advantage over the part-time
[017] to his south. It was a well-trained, well- organized _____ , and soon it had defeated all Macedonia's neighbours.
[018] d in the wider world. Philip was too busy leading his _____ to spend much time with his son. But he made sure tha
[019] arge of the government while Philip was away with the _____ . Soon after this, a tribe to the east of Macedonia st
[020] d to cause trouble, and Alexander himself led a small _____ to defeat it. Then, when he was eighteen, he commande
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[001] rest. There was always a small crowd of people on the _____ square ofYuryatin. They stood silently, reading the l
[002] ander's second-in-command, General Parmenion, led the _____ army into Asia by the shortest sea crossing, Alexande
[003] r. But Alexander was able to move his forces into the _____ part of the city. As Queen Ada's adopted son, Alexand
[004] left these Persians undefeated, they could attack his _____ army, led by his second-in-command, Parmenion, on its
[005] e mountains. In, the early morning, they rejoined the _____ path beyond the Persians' position and took the Persi
[006] send only a small force to Maracanda, and to use his _____ army to defeat the Scythians. His own battle against
[007] the river about twenty-five kilometres away from the _____ armies. His boats landed on an island in the middle o
[008] e quickly defeated. Then Alexander marched on Porus's _____ army, twenty-five kilometres away. At the front of Po
[009] hed to accept defeat peacefully. But news reached the _____ army on the river that Alexander was dead. When he fi
[010] ate law to limit water pollution. But for decades the _____ goal of city water officials was to increase the supp
[011] f North America's oldest thoroughfares and the city's _____ promenade. Saint George Street winds from one end of
[012] was more unwieldy than I had anticipated. Sure, the _____ unit was only 3. 3 pounds, but throw in two spare ba
[013] court in appreciation for some feat of derring-do. The _____ stadium has been generally bland, even Friday night,
[014] ean Beach, the Chu Dynasty in Huntington, the Cafe on _____ in Amagansett and the Turquoise Seafood Restaurant in
[015] of bar standards and more elaborate dishes isn't the _____ draw. The tonic of other people lures the crowd from
[016] estchester. Property taxes and high rent are not the _____ reasons for the move out of the county by Simplex Kn
[017] y the war. Meanwhile, the Bosnian Muslims, the war's _____ victims, became increasingly frustrated at the lack o
[018] won't fight a judge's order to turn over excerpts of _____ mouse Michael Eisner's unpublished memoirs to former
[019] ide their bedroom windows. Former cops are Kessler's _____ sources, and they seem to enjoy their work. Favorabl
[020] hub of Old Town Los Angeles bounded by Broadway and _____ , 1st and 3rd streets, has descended to a litter of b
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[001] their fight for independence now. Everyone rushed to _____ that they were Alexander's greatest allies. At last
[002] hapter 4 First Battles in Asia Until Alexander could _____ that he was stronger than the Persian Empire, the Gre
[003] battles these soldiers fought especially bravely, to _____ that they deserved to stay with the army and not be l
[004] ain roles. But far from seeming redundant, they often _____ enlightening, especially where they reach across dec
[005] recent decision regarding her kitchen will probably _____ to be her wisest. She recently hired as chef Patrick
[006] zen rookies and a starting quarterback who has yet to _____ he can lead a team to the playoffs, the Washington R
[007] ait-and-see posture. Who are these Giants? Until they _____ otherwise, the Giants are a team with no fingerprint
[008] ia weather. You must come & see our photos. They'll _____ what I'm saying is true. But I'm warning you - they'l
[009] ievable breakdown', and a number of signs that might _____ that. But what actually happens is that a couple kno
[010] , rather than for an especially long time. Could he _____ it? In his report to the manager, the psychologist su
[011] did. Everything the guide books say is true - we can _____ it! Try us - you can't fail to enjoy yourself. You w
[012] ng so fast? What excuse did we have? None. He could _____ that we were criminals in any court of law in the lan
[013] ial. The film Schindler's List is quoted, in order to _____ : 'The excuse that 'all resistance is pointless' does
[014] the weasel language of the post-war years - does not _____ that the battle for understanding is over. A group o
[015] half the bishops in the world. All such may, however, _____ academic. The Polish Pope has been telling his staff
[016] will get a job, but women know that they will have to _____ themselves.' Like many of her contemporaries, Laurrai
[017] Stone' and would whistle the song 'Annie Laurie', to _____ who he was. He told me where Sir Walter lived, and as
[018] o. If you are Mr Ainslie, then you'll soon be able to _____ it. If you're not, then I have a surprise for you.'
[019] en I had seen in Scotland, but I could see nothing to _____ it. I O 'Well,' said the old man politely, 'are you
[020] med happily of the next adventure and his chance to _____ himself. After two years of training, he went to sea.
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[001] care of the house, or the horse, or himself. He lost _____ of the days and forgot to eat or sleep. He drank vodk
[002] ts other out- of- town competitors. BY the latest _____ , there are 58 million working women in the United Sta
[003] state of her HIV infection. The first, called the CD4 _____ , measures a class of white blood cells crucial to th
[004] blood cells crucial to the immune system. The usual _____ is between 800 and 1,200 cells per cubic millimeter
[005] no normal range for 'viral load,' but the higher the _____ , the worse the prognosis. Lyons's was 500,000 - very
[006] s was 500,000 - very bad. The days when the death _____ from AIDS rose every year everywhere are gone. So are
[007] investigation, a special prosecutor has secured a 39- _____ indictment charging the former agriculture secretary
[008] nsus Bureau has a remedy for the next scheduled head _____ , in 2000. It is called sampling, a method similar to
[009] bout 20 hours of research per essay, and more if you _____ writing time and ordering library books. You have to
[010] motto is: if it moves, talk to it, if it doesn't move, _____ it,' says Mr Plumbridge, professor of materials at th
[011] ome six days a week, teaching him to read, write and _____ . The books he uses would be appropriate for a Britis
[012] chool children in Scotland suggests that children who _____ on their fingers should not be harassed into giving u
[013] for Christmas he replied 'aphids', my friend said: ' _____ yourself lucky. In this house the campaign for a Glit
[014] r some time I was getting hot, and I was beginning to _____ the hours until evening, when I heard a voffice, and
[015] ney back. 'There's a lot of money there. You'd better _____ it and see if it's all there.' I wanted to move as so
[016] Scudder mean by steps, and why was it so important to _____ them? It must be somewhere with several paths going d
[017] hem out every evening to look at them, feel them, and _____ them. The coins shone in the Firelight, and Silas lov
[018] s before you came to me,' he was telling Eppie, just _____ my gold. I was only half alive in those days. What a
[019] arris answered. 'I said twelve. Do you think I can't _____ ?' We never discovered what had really happened. We as
[020] -6,' Rick told him. And Dave found two. Three, if you _____ Polokov. I'll kill Polokov today, and then maybe toni
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[001] N. C. FINANCE CALL SHEETFOR: Vice President Gore... _____ : November 27, 1995 NAME: Ann Getty TITLE: Philanthro
[002] were carved over several thin slate headstones that _____ from the 1750's, just a few years after Halifax was f
[003] of the place easy to ignore. And nothing was out of _____ with the creative fare nor with the kitchen, which doe
[004] watched financial tiff heads toward a November trial _____ in Los Angeles Superior Court. Katzenberg's lawyer,
[005] '-or grandparents'-night stands, he just seems out of _____ . O'Hara even seemed out of
[006] . O'Hara even seemed out of _____ when their elders were lugging his books around. In
[007] of it meets with cries of indignation.' At this late _____ in the culture wars, could any argument be more tired
[008] , too. In 2087's case, the food is uncontrived, up-to- _____ American cooking. Chef Desi Szonntagh, a Culinary Ins
[009] storic District into a lively a 24-hour community. To _____ , the scene remains just that -fantasy. Still, the re
[010] ers in those cemeteries -engraved with a name, birth _____ , death
[011] , death _____ and sometimes a simple sentiment -tell part of the s
[012] whether his driving licence is still valid or out of _____ .) 2) Name and address of an independent witness you
[013] ARING A MEAL FOR THEIR GIRL- FRIENDS. S: What's the _____ today, Ben? B: The eleventh. S: Oh! I completely fo
[014] reduce the losses of recent years. it was the up-to- _____ way to move cargo around the world. The plan was wor
[015] *** Here is the nine o'clock news to keep you up to _____ on world and local events from the BBC World News tea
[016] The violin reached such a high price because of its _____ of 1720 (the height of Stradivari's Golden Age), when
[017] I started wondering if my driving licence was out of _____ . 'Did you know that it is illegal to drive a vehicle
[018] he weather for all of South Wales, to keep you up to _____ with the latest developments. Tomorrow, Cardiff, Swa
[019] age rainfall in south Wales is 30 centimetres, but to _____ this year most districts have had only five or ten c
[020] him. 'How long have you been in England?' I said. 'My _____ of arrival was 1991,' he said. 'I came here from Wars
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[001] them, the Brotherhood grew to ten times its original _____ and made Liberius more famous than ever. Unfortunate
[002] Salon. "Oh, no! " said Mr. (Bob) Odenkirk, a medium- _____ man whose all-American looks would be unremarkable i
[003] her shopping cart. Harry's operates three warehouse- _____ stores that specialize in fresh produce and meat - an
[004] month supply of contact lens solution and a breadloaf- _____ jar of spirulina. You're also talking a potential $3,
[005] ed. Mirrors are everywhere. Two wide-angle ones, the _____ of large pizzas, perch in two corners overhead. Anot
[006] ger can't quickly buy a lot of stock in even a medium- _____ company because the purchase will push up the price
[007] aces-the pattern of a necktie, the make of a car, the _____ of a monogram, the brand of Scotch, the gesture of c
[008] others in the former Soviet Union-is roughly equal in _____ to Norway. My friend Ann and I are standing in Devi
[009] 'Broadacre City,' and built a scale model of it, the _____ of a small ballroom, in the 1930s. Though Wright expr
[010] th a 1920 population of about 45,000, was similar in _____ to Charlotte, N. C., the largest city in that state. E
[011] t 29,000 square miles in a year. That's an area the _____ of the whole of Scotland disappearing every year. Tre
[012] of it. The leader had guided them at every step. The _____ of the first season's crop proved the hybrid corn's a
[013] t. You'll need a pair of good running shoes, and the _____ should be right. Too tight or too loose leads to sor
[014] elentlessly upbeat sing-and-dance-com full of egos the _____ of inflated pigs' bladders. And now he has developed
[015] (in Chinese and Roman script), 549 pages. Whilst the _____ of the work is itself remarkable, it is the thoroughn
[016] ------------------ IND 16 FEB 95 / Education: Class _____ - does it really matter? - Education: With class num
[017] y on why parents choose independent schools has class _____ near the top of the list. Recent research from Exete
[018] Butler's 1944 Education Act imposed a limit on class _____ of 40 in primary schools and 30 in secondary and its
[019] schools. Our secondary classes are just above average _____ . Moreover, a survey of 11 of our economic competitors
[020] Australia have tried to address the question of class _____ . Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece and Norwa