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[001] ard John Major's jet.) Mixed book review. THE GOOD _____ is about two kinds of rednecks: the subliterate, sup
[002] ignorance and gun-crazy sociopathy; indeed, The Good _____ unwittingly confirms such notions. Unfavorable book
[003] ilure: Childhood friendship with a prince whose elder _____ rediscovered and married her; royal marriage that so
[004] f her eldest son, Prince William, or even his younger _____ , Prince Harry. Born July 1, 1961, the third of Lord
[005] er childhood friends was Prince Andrew, the outgoing _____ of the more reserved Prince Charles. On May 9, 199
[006] as the acting Colombo underboss. And Ms. Kennaugh's _____ , August, was convicted in 1981 of killing a Queens r
[007] have an uncle who lives in Oxford, my father's older _____ Ben, so I could live in his house with him. The whole
[008] nd kills not only Frankenstein's friend but also his _____ and the woman his
[009] and the woman his _____ is engaged to, his
[010] is engaged to, his _____ 's fiance Elizabeth. Frankenstein is heartbroken and
[011] E: I was born in 1919, the eldest of four. I had one _____ and two sisters - just the youngest sister is still
[012] 're careful. Anyway, my uncle Bill lives here, Dad's _____ , so I could call on him if I ever got into any troubl
[013] poke both English and French at home together, so my _____ and I are bilingual. It's really useful to have two
[014] useful to have two languages. We (that is, me and my _____ ) used to spend every school holiday with our French
[015] , for a walk. I live with my parents, and my younger _____ , Paul. My father works for the post office selling s
[016] illiant evocation of him as 'half- human, half-Vulcan, _____ of the brilliant, cold-blooded Spock'. But that ignor
[017] orchard where he played with his sister and younger _____ Aurel. Above all, there was the hill called Coasta Bo
[018] r during his childhood, Kriss Akabusi and his younger _____ were brought up by foster parents. At 16, he joined
[019] has let goof Britain's hand and the faithful little _____ is feeling lost and abandoned. It is partly that feel
[020] hus cut down many villagers in these remote hills as _____ killed
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[001] 1990: A Profile' at the Inter- American Development _____ 's Cultural Center Art Gallery on New York Avenue and
[002] dance with a clear investment philosophy. San Antonio _____ executive Jeanie R. Wyatt explains in the journal th
[003] state with Wells Fargo, and U. S. Bancorp with First _____ System - has made the remaining banking giants more
[004] at might have propelled the men, Arabs from the West _____ who have been in the United States for less than a y
[005] s backyard, Barnett prided itself as being "Florida's _____ . " The claim was not without justification. With 660
[006] te has been awarded an 81 percent stake in the failed _____ Banpais S. A., the Mexican National Banking and Secu
[007] tional Corp, the parent company of the City National _____ , said on Aug 29, 1997 that it had agreed to acquire H
[008] ood Management Corp for undisclosed terms. Peoples _____ said on Aug 29, 1997 that after careful review of a
[009] Inc, it had decided to reject the new offer. Peoples _____ rejected Carolina First's offer to acquire Peoples fo
[010] ket. The New York-based Wellsford and the investment _____ will finance the venture, Wellsford Commercial Prope
[011] *** Teenager David Bolton has just put 9000 in the _____ , after only six months of part-time work as a computer
[012] Danube divides the city into two parts. On the west _____ there are the woods and hills of Buda and the old to
[013] ods and hills of Buda and the old town. On the east _____ there is the bigger and more modern Pest, the busine
[014] ew employees who could put the idea into action. The _____ was prepared to support the plan, and agreed to lend
[015] ow exactly what her salary is, or how much is in her _____ account. 'Mom looks after my
[016] account. 'Mom looks after my _____ balance,' Kimora explains, 'I don't even have a credi
[017] n the second turning off the main road, opposite the _____ . You won't have any trouble finding it - you'll see a
[018] stant Official Receiver, she said she started opening _____ accounts, applying for credit cards, and generally ge
[019] ith age. A survey by the NUS and National Westminster _____ showed 17- to 21-year-olds owed an average pounds 1,5
[020] direction of Port Royal, a neat little figure, like a _____ -clerk, with his sober attache- case and mid-season ra
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[001] d to a start Saturday as construction crews rushed to _____ fencing the track, only leaving time for practice run
[002] , gorgeous reflective panels that referenced the '60s _____ Fetish, one of the first Southern California art move
[003] n the Queen finishes her plate, all the other guests _____ theirs, too, and it is time for the next course. And
[004] till like it. Another good thing of course is that I _____ early, so I can go to the pub for a pint at lunch-ti
[005] ock, people go back to work. I: And what time do they _____ ? K: About seven or eight. Then they go out, and they
[006] clap their hands for more than five minutes when we _____ playing. They send a little girl up to the stage wit
[007] universities, from the oldest to the newest. They all _____ this summer. In 1992, they all left King Edward VI Sc
[008] he had suffered with a novel he found impossible to _____ . He had worked on Fountain City for over five years,
[009] leet until we led, which we continued to do until the _____ . This extraordinary bloke then thanked me profusely f
[010] him.' Is it... ? It isn't... ?' Miss Jessie could not _____ . This is his visiting-card,' said Miss Jenkyns. She g
[011] ng to the Patna, "Sink! Go on, sink!" I wanted it to _____ . Then in the sky I saw a big black thunder cloud comi
[012] hen that he tried to write to somebody- and could not _____ the message. Loneliness was closing on him. People
[013] ouse and started walking towards the river. 'Time to _____ this,' he said. The girl followed him, calling out,
[014] ould leave Agios Georgios the following day. We would _____ our holiday early. Mark was going to go straight to
[015] cted it would take us about Fifteen thousand years to _____ the list.' Oh,' Dr Wagner said slowly. Yes, I can see
[016] nstead of Fifteen thousand years, we shall be able to _____ the list in a hundred days.' Dr Wagner could hear the
[017] lf. There are two more things . . .' Before he could _____ , the lama had passed him a piece of paper. This is fr
[018] oses everything down... bang!' Oh, I get it. When we _____ our job, it will be the end of the world.' Chuck gav
[019] things worse.' No, I mean like this. The machine will _____ the job four days from now, and the plane calls in a
[020] s for a fortnight on the river, and we were going to _____ the trip. If it killed us - well, that would be a sad
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[001] y Stalin at the end of World War II,' but at least the _____ . The administration should also do away with the line
[002] ntral Europe, then so be it. Make the case. Speak the _____ . Tourism is the world's largest industry. Today, Am
[003] hoping that the lies I've made up to get from one poor _____ to another may mean something'), an approach that beg
[004] illers-former policemen-recently asked the country's _____ and Reconciliation Commission for amnesty. And his fr
[005] ake you feel more worried, and people will learn the _____ sooner or later. Don't worry about not having a girl
[006] nts of the stuff every day of the year. And the sad _____ is that the demand for blood will only increase and
[007] l this, is he a happy man? Nobody asks him that. The _____ is, he's probably bored with all his money. *** Th
[008] ymptom, really, rather than the real reason. The real _____ is a little different. I think there are two real rea
[009] n, English people like a certain distance. That's the _____ . I: What about your impressions of living here? How
[010] there was in both activities the same concern for the _____ as he saw it. With time, too, his pupils learnt that,
[011] ed to adjust the workload,' says Professor Elton. In _____ many universities simply do not know whether standards
[012] rubbish. But although he had told me lies, there was _____ underneath. The 15th of June was going to be an impor
[013] room. I thought the time had come for me to tell the _____ and see if this man could help me. 'Listen, Sir Harry
[014] els in Scotland. It was the first time I had told the _____ , all of it, to anyone, and I felt better. 'So you see
[015] a murderer, Hannay, and I believe you're speaking the _____ . I'll help you. What do you want me to do?' 'First,
[016] days. Give me something to eat and I'll tell you the _____ .' I put on my best begging voffice. Some food was br
[017] me in the dining room. I decided I must tell him the _____ about myself immediately. 'I must thank you very much
[018] sea had not yet tested him, or shown him the secret _____ of his presences. However, although he was still ver
[019] t clear. He wanted to go on talking, to find out the _____ . But although he spoke calmly and carefully, he felt
[020] oom. It was an honest,0 intelligent look. Telling the _____ was not enough, thought Jim; words were no good to hi
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[001] inners and relative losers under the terms of the tax _____ the president had signed earlier in the month. The es
[002] d the Treasury just fine, since the tables showed the _____ had been changed only in degree and on the margin fr
[003] still be, disproportionately, the better-off when the _____ is fully effective. In her Aug. 24 Outlook article,
[004] aries from JFK and Brigitte Bardot to a more innocent _____ and Hillary had come direct from the altar. Elizabeth
[005] ur, Big Top, to the Ballroom. Among the acts on that _____ with recent CDs are Banco de Gaia, Grooverider, Empir
[006] s been put off for consideration until next year. The _____ 's authors, Sen. Richard Polanco (D-Los Angeles) and A
[007] MTA and Los Angeles County supervisors to defeat the _____ . From the turn of the century until 1920, James 'Bl
[008] dividing the spoils, the coalitions fell apart,' said _____ Piatt, a Texas Tech law professor whose book 'Black an
[009] ore Jeff Gordon was to race for the prize that only ( _____ ) Elliott has won, the formerly awesome one from Dawso
[010] gh-profile -and big- money -support from the likes of _____ Cosby and Oprah Winfrey. Some of the brightest black
[011] some savings to fall back on, but it would be ugly.' _____ Conroy, a Riverdale insurance agent, suggested anothe
[012] ion since it was founded 31 years ago, past president _____ Baughman said. It was bingo night at the American L
[013] in a substantial way this year. A small but important _____ aimed at protecting the rights of the state's most he
[014] e of building permits required by the city, the total _____ could skyrocket to almost $2,000. By giving New Yorke
[015] ayor Giuliani has said he will sign the City Council _____ . On the eve of New York's second tax-free holiday o
[016] Gov. George E. Pataki yesterday urging him to sign a _____ that would permit thousands of New York City teacher
[017] her than 62, without jeopardizing their pensions. The _____ , passed by the Legislature in the final hours of its
[018] eight months everything has been Jets, Jets, Jets. In _____ Parcells, the Jets, who were 1-15 last season, at lea
[019] activist mothers who spent the summer researching the _____ , collecting data from county agencies and disseminati
[020] money for many additional charges when you get your _____ the next morning - for things you thought were inclu
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[001] ur bones, and if you are a federal worker, using the _____ word can take a bite out of the old wallet or land yo
[002] S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, she is, quite simply, _____ . It's bad enough that, in aiming these criticisms at
[003] nfluence on putting O'Hara on what is regarded as the _____ track. But 'A Rage to Live' and his subsequent novels
[004] younger. She also laughs easily, though often at the _____ time, like when retelling a painful anecdote or reca
[005] erate the idea that Los Angeles, just by existing, is _____ . Across the United States for the past 20 years, old
[006] n suggest that you are in the right and he is in the _____ - even if it is true. Never discuss a cash settlemen
[007] from that, that it's always going to be them, we are _____ . They are the start. As sure as fate, they are comin
[008] a market for them - 20 million Beetle owners can't be _____ ! Don't say goodbye to the Beetle just yet. *** An
[009] the Police when you hear or see anything that looks _____ or unusual. If you are not certain or cannot decide
[010] naccurate. But you'll never know, until something goes _____ in your life-you get turned down for a job, a mortga
[011] e ever in trouble at college or school; ever at the _____ end of a sacking (even if you knew it was an unfair
[012] nformation on record about you could quite simply be _____ . As it was about Jan Martin, a young woman film- mak
[013] young woman film- maker turned down for a job after _____ information on a police computer was disclosed to a
[014] en you have strong reason to believe a file contains _____ information, you have no right to check it. Employer
[015] such an incorrect picture of the place? I think it is _____ of the Tourist Board to try and reduce England to a
[016] , John, have you ever had a holiday abroad that went _____ ? John: Oh yes, quite a few actually. I: Which was t
[017] d to turn into a nightmare. The first thing that went _____ was that the country we were going to decided to ha
[018] ivorcees is this: Think long and hard about what went _____ with that marriage, and so avoid making the same mi
[019] articular kind of accident where generally we get it _____ , we follow our common sense but it lets us down, and
[020] our common sense but it lets us down, and we do the _____ thing? Dr C: Yes, I think there are two things associ
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[001] ncess'. Daddy died when I was sixteen - I still get a _____ in my eye whenever I think of him. It was a terrible
[002] of the boys wore an ear-ring in one ear. They would _____ their shirts or jeans to make them look 'interesting
[003] e foot of the mountain, the weather was bad enough to _____ his new mountain tent to pieces, so he moved into a
[004] it all before. It's lovely, seeing the days and weeks _____ off the calendar and flutter away like leaves; it's m
[005] makes you so bad? I shall never cry for him! Not one _____ ! He could see my face, hear my voffice! And he stil
[006] ck. And Simon isn't pleased.' George Peck saw a large _____ running down her face. 'Come and sit down, Bee,' he
[007] her thin shirt. 'Aku-nna!' said Uzo crossly. 'You'll _____ your shirt! You have no father now, to buy you new cl
[008] two. You must keep your shoulder still, so that the _____ on the muscles is rested,' the doctor said firmly. '
[009] as they came in. 'This life is weary,' she sang. 'A _____ - a sigh. A love that changes, And then - goodbye!'
[010] feelings. 'Mr Lockwood,' he said finally, brushing a _____ from his eye, 'you can go into my bedroom to sleep fo
[011] nswered. She looked sad and worried, and I even saw a _____ or two on her face. But I had not forgotten how she h
[012] ome permanent, the police came with whips and burning _____ gas, forcing the men into police buses and moving the
[013] ing them out of the city. Then the bulldozers came to _____ apart the houses made of wooden boxes, and bits of ti
[014] 'Because you want to publish a book, you're going to _____ the children from their schools, their grandparents,
[015] en!' 'We'll survive. I'm not...' 'I know you! You'll _____ our lives apart just to see "Donald Woods" on the cov
[016] now what to say.' And much to Paul's embarrassment, a _____ appeared in each of Mr Prendergast's eyes and rolled
[017] !' said the two Brocklehurst daughters, each wiping a _____ or two from their eyes. 'I learned this fact,' conti
[018] k any more of the past, sir,' I said, wiping a secret _____ from my eye. 'No, Jane, you're right, the future is
[019] their blood." Lucilla kept her eyes on her son, and a _____ ran down her face. "And the Emperor's heart was brok
[020] h it was anybody's but yours!' She stepped forward to _____ his face,with her finger-nails. But he moved to one
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[001] policy toward the Dayton agreements. Until recently, _____ political leadership was content to see its troops ke
[002] Brazilian sculpture must trace its origins not only to _____ traditions, but also to the country's diverse culture
[003] an 180 other hungry, thirsty, tired travelers (mostly _____ Europeans) who had crossed four time zones during th
[004] rket among other places. A17th-century visitor from _____ Europe wrote of Moscow: 'Churches, icons, crosses, be
[005] s in the city centre where somebody is selling every _____ product you can think of. The public transport syste
[006] * This might be the age of high technology in many _____ countries, but for the majority of the world's childr
[007] cientist article reported that within five years most _____ countries will be issuing their citizens with a mach
[008] son? G: Oh yes, they've all heard stories about lazy _____ students. They always say, 'British students can't e
[009] t of the mechanistic, Newtonian view of the universe. _____ philosophy and physics and architecture thus form a
[010] cal brothel. All the rooms had swinging doors like in _____ saloons and we could hear all these comings and goin
[011] iece. It had a central theme about how people in the _____ world use resources for luxuries which are needed by
[012] Scandinavia. People there are aware of the direction _____ society is going in and are much more conscious of e
[013] en would be quite formidable: the squads from Tonga, _____ Samoa, Australia and Wales all have several true bel
[014] st successful rugby league side of all time. Born in _____ Samoa, he was brought up as a regular churchgoer but
[015] well in competition with the children of more liberal _____ education systems. But there is a cost. Many young ch
[016] ants for every place. The newly rich want to buy the _____ life-style they can see on satellite television. Tra
[017] for several months. He was eulogised in country and _____ songs, the folk music of American ultra- Conservatism
[018] ation in the Chinese style, incorporating the finest _____ materials. It is reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright's
[019] n classes of more than 40. Only Turkey and Ireland in _____ developed countries have higher pupil/teacher ratios
[020] America's most prominent professor of literature. The _____ Canon is the literary critical equivalent of the Mich
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[001] pollster Boris Dubin of the Russian Center for Public _____ and Market Research. 'Things in Moscow might be bad,
[002] ed sampling, a method similar to that used in public _____ polls that extrapolates the characteristics of a larg
[003] ive information about an opponent under the guise of _____ research. Deborah J. Glick's campaign charged that he
[004] n the more unpleasant side of marriage, what's your _____ of it? JS: Well, I'm in favour of it. I think there
[005] should be made easier or more difficult, or in your _____ is the situation acceptable as it is? JS: Yes, it's
[006] large, it means you are quite confident, with a high _____ of yourself. If it is filled with light, you are opti
[007] r jobs. I: Well, I take it you have a pretty negative _____ of England. T: You would think so from this intervie
[008] le do want to eat meat, that's their decision. In my _____ , any killing is cruel. I: And do you raise any anima
[009] e totalled only 5O. *** Sir Albert Pringle: In my _____ , this strike is a complete waste of time - of my tim
[010] rything turned out well for the suffragettes. Public _____ changed. Many members of Parliament now wanted vote
[011] regarded as the second division. This was more a gut _____ than an academic judgement. It would be foolish to cl
[012] gs for Gramophone magazine, Choir and Organ, Musical _____ and more recently for Classic CD. He was appointed e
[013] eparated and given a questionnaire, which asked their _____ on statements like'Spare the rod and spoil the child'
[014] e thinks in terms of stories,' said McConnell. In his _____ , Gaiman is in the same league as such noted writers a
[015] d to respond positively to the groundswell of public _____ !' 'Who said that?' asked Adrian. A meek hand went up.
[016] someone in the front row. 'When I want your shade of _____ ,' said Adrian, 'I'll canvas it.' Full prospectus of t
[017] jectives. And as Mrs Shephard embarks on her review, _____ is divided over the way forward. The academics are st
[018] enkyns could not forgive Captain Brown for his unkind _____ of Dr Johnson, so I did not see much of the family un
[019] nd, disorganized letters, occasionally giving her own _____ but more often giving her elder sister's. And Miss De
[020] bout it. The ladies waited anxiously for Mr Hoggins's _____ . When Mr Hoggins said that, with care, the conjurer w