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word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
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[001] program of joint cultural exchange. Also on the _____ at the Fifty-fifth Street is a nice ten-minute color
[002] day". She frosted the cake with the always reliable " _____ Bailey". From this taste of the 1920s, we leape
[003] nce. _LONDON, JULY 4_ - For its final change of _____ in its London season, the Leningrad State Kirov Ball
[004] as brought back many of the numbers that were on the _____ when it paid us its first visit and won everybody's
[005] of Real Estate Boards had not officially opposed the _____ 's passage or lobbied in its support. (This has not b
[006] ing anti-discrimination law. Official reasoning: the _____ was a "wanton invasion of basic property rights".)
[007] Pride-Starlette Hanover), 2:30-:34.3; Lorena Gallon ( _____ Gallon-Loren Hanover), 2:30-:34.3; Prudent Hanover (
[008] rstalker or a Jet to change arms-making concepts. _____ Ruger's long-awaited Deerstalker (under $110) is a n
[009] y. We quickly ran into the same trouble that plagued _____ Ruger in his first experiments: Three or four bullet
[010] ee, the dish identified with fox hunting, was on the _____ . There are many ways of making a kedgeree, every one
[011] Otherwise, you may be saddled with a good-size milk _____ by milk drinkers. #RETIREMENT POLICIES# Keep the r
[012] in their pockets a good portion of that $10.50 food _____ along with most of the tip money. The automobile exp
[013] chines. For Mrs. Shaefer- who had been given a clean _____ of health by her own physician at the time she visit
[014] ldier, who seems to have been a Civil War version of _____ Mauldin, wrote: "The officers consider themselves as
[015] h every weapon in the troop. Even the mess sergeant, _____ Brown, a dapper, cocky transfer from an airborne div
[016] d we ran into Communist artillery fire. "We" were _____ Garrett of the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Illustrations Sta
[017] While a Senator, Kennedy had unsuccessfully pushed a _____ to preserve the Belasco Theater, as well as the Doll
[018] the final accounting, these would have augmented the _____ for both sides. An estimate of one million dollars i
[019] harts are crammed with intelligence information. And _____ Wisman, forty-three, a farmer's son from Beallsville,
[020] s too was part of an economy move on his part. A new _____ had been passed under Harding that designated the Go
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[001] ound in "Blue Skies, Brown Studies", a collection of _____ essays by William Sansom, who would never consider s
[002] els and of pieces that are neither short stories nor _____ articles but something midway between. The only
[003] act more refinements of meaning and feeling from his _____ experiences than the limits of language allow, he st
[004] w in use) and Midwesterners taking long weekends can _____ south with their craft. In the Southwest, the fall b
[005] tacks. Explains Keys: As the fatty protein molecules _____ in the bloodstream, they are deposited in the intima
[006] circulation; Irving Granville and Nelson Rector who _____ widely calling on business firms. Searching for
[007] of an advertising executive. There are people who _____ long distances to assure my continued existence. Ela
[008] ng where, when and how fast a car could go. When air _____ was in its infancy, the sky was considered big enoug
[009] t looks to run up a score on the clay birds. They'll _____ 50 feet or more when thrown from the spring trap but
[010] Don't forget the joys of a meal on the road. If you _____ over the vast U.S.A. you will, no doubt, discover th
[011] exciting one with some pulsed ultrasonic energy. The _____ time of sound in tissue is about 1500 meters per sec
[012] tents, tents with exterior frames, camper trailers, _____ trailers, and even a few surplus parachutes serving
[013] nge to rent one. It is that elemental. Almost any _____ agent will reserve a car for you. You can call one o
[014] ne on tap when you want it. For those who plan to _____ to Europe by one route and return by another some ag
[015] . A little investigation by telephone or reading the _____ ads in the newspapers and magazines will give you th
[016] e time machine most approved by science fiction must _____ for a visit to the permanent prehistoric past, or th
[017] ost of each day, enjoy each one to the n'th degree. _____ , if you can. Keep occupied to the point you are not
[018] llment. If the wedding party lasted late, and the _____ schedule means there are only a few hours before res
[019] of the blonde's yearnings that he satisfied was for _____ . She wanted to go around the world, but she settled
[020] xes, insurance rates, utility rates, and the cost of _____ to work. Next, estimate the value of possible ear
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[001] ler or wheel. Having a boat financed through a local _____ is done much the same way as an automobile loan is
[002] e purchaser's earning power, credit rating and local _____ policy. Outboard motors, insurance, and boat repa
[003] nts where you can dine, see a movie, shop, or make a _____ deposit, the ever-increasing number of boating enthu
[004] een the abutments on the Newbury shore and the south _____ of Deer Island there was one span or arch measuring
[005] lated time he'd nose the Waco down through the cloud _____ and hope to break through where some feature of the
[006] est, and in the presence, of a representative of the _____ that held the papers against the herd. Them notes an
[007] Madison in advocating the rechartering of Hamilton's _____ , which he had so strenuously opposed at its inception,
[008] understanding that Wright would not contest it. The _____ of Wisconsin sent a representative to the judge's ch
[009] harrassment could be brought to an end, and that the _____ would accept a mortgage on Taliesin to help bring th
[010] their different multi-year plans. Through the World _____ and other instrumentalities, as well as through indi
[011] go bankrupt, Mercer senior turned his firm over to a _____ for liquidation. He died before he could completely
[012] d completely pay off his debts. Some years later the _____ handling the Mercer liquidation received a check for
[013] check was not signed. "That's Johnny", sighed the _____ president, "the best-hearted boy in the world, but a
[014] ade out another for the same amount, instructing the _____ to destroy the other- especially if he had happened
[015] Nogay Tartary or the Yedisan. There, along the east _____ of the Southern Bug, opposite the hamlet of Zhitzhak
[016] phia with the object of capturing Fort Mercer at Red _____ , New Jersey. In order to prevent this, Washington ha
[017] _ELIGIBILITY._ To be eligible to borrow from a _____ for Cooperatives, a cooperative must be an associati
[018] ates are determined by the board of directors of the _____ with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration.
[019] _CONTACT_ For further information, contact the _____ for Cooperatives serving the region, or the Farm Cre
[020] local trade associations, chambers of commerce, and _____ officials- sponsored a World Trade Conference at the
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[001] k of December 10- that something had gone shockingly _____ with American foreign policy. The United States wa
[002] or something, clearly, has gone very, very seriously _____ in Soviet-Chinese relations, which were never easy,
[003] GAN# It doesn't take a Gore Vidal to tell you what's _____ with Cherokee Textile's slogan ["Pitney-Bowes Object
[004] terance (also a quotation): "Woman's place is in the _____ ". Who but Thurber can be counted on to glean such ne
[005] munism. Mr. Kennan sums up his judgment of what went _____ this way: #DASHED HOPE# "You see, first of all and
[006] eople fighting. They attributed everything that went _____ in Russia to German influence and intrigue. This, mo
[007] wn top-level planners, wasted time and effort in the _____ regions, missed opportunities through indecision and
[008] though many new members were received. Something is _____ when these things happen. The local "family of God"
[009] norm of all moral judgment. Racial discrimination is _____ , then, not because it goes against the grain of a fa
[010] stian conscience was leading some to declare slavery _____ and to act accordingly. For example, in 1693 the Phi
[011] week, however, I began to suspect that something was _____ . For Castro was bringing Cuba not freedom, but hatre
[012] om one color to another, whether working on right or _____ side, pick up the new strand from underneath dropped
[013] from underneath dropped strand. Photograph shows the _____ side of work with light strand being picked up under
[014] t often reveals as many as a dozen times just what's _____ with him; to spot these giveaways the therapist must
[015] le, "They took X rays to see that there was nothing _____ with me", it pays to consider how this statement wou
[016] d led her to the roulette tables. She could do no _____ at the tables that time. And in short order the crou
[017] rging at the normal time or may have to erupt in the _____ place. #CORRECTION CAN SAVE TEETH# EVERY orthodont
[018] this take? Straightening one tooth that has come in _____ may take only a few months. Aligning all the teeth m
[019] ion of anti-Semitism. But in either event he was the _____ man for the kind of case outlined by Ben Gurion and
[020] morality; he divided humanity into "right guys" and " _____ guys", and the
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[001] rned by a regime that had proved itself the most pro- _____ and anti-Communist within any of the new nations- th
[002] unter to that of all our NATO allies, to the entire _____ community. By our policy the West was- is- split.
[003] the Congo. No matter that it is his troops who rape _____ women and eat
[004] women and eat _____ men. No matter that the Katanga operation is strateg
[005] atanga operation is strategically insane in terms of _____ interests in Africa. (Even granted that the Congo sh
[006] that the Congo should be unified, you don't protect _____ security by first removing the pro-
[007] security by first removing the pro- _____ weight from the power equilibrium.) We can force
[008] . As our planes land the war materiel that kills pro- _____ Katangans, we stand supinely bleating while Nehru's
[009] tle somber in his appraisals, if his analysis of how _____ diplomacy met the challenge of an era of great wars
[010] uture. The story of a quarter of a century of Soviet- _____ relations is vitally important, and it is told with
[011] ndian dance, and landscapes suggest the influence of _____ color on his palette). The fact that Sloan was
[012] only other regions so blessed are the British Isles, _____ Europe, eastern China, southern Chile and parts of J
[013] ter in the forests that blanket so much of Maine. In _____ Massachusetts and northwest Connecticut, the Berkshi
[014] It is Field Marshal Montgomery's belief that in most _____ countries about 60 per cent of the people do not rea
[015] hristians and believers in democracy. But these _____ countries do care about themselves. Each feels inten
[016] and particularly America. At war's end leadership in _____ Europe passed from Britain because the Labour Gove
[017] o creates nervousness ... among other nations in the _____ Alliance- not to mention such great suspicions among
[018] always talked. After drastically overhauling NATO, _____ leadership should turn to reducing the suspicions th
[019] has stated courageously and wisely the crisis of the _____ world. It suffers from a lack of unity of purpose an
[020] ngs were as much a part of the experiential world of _____ man as were rocks and trees and stars. In such a wor
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[001] highly mobilized force for liberation. The moment of _____ is the moment of crisis. During the slow buildup, th
[002] res. The crisis burns these suddenly away. There the _____ is, open to eyes that are willing to look. The momen
[003] are hurriedly tossed on the too-naked bones. A _____ -revealing crisis erupted in Katanga for a couple of
[004] auspices of the United Nations. But in the moment of _____ everyone could see that the U.S. was in reality the
[005] #WHAT THE MOMENTS REVEAL# This prime element of the _____ may be stated as follows: Under prevailing policy, t
[006] er of humor will continue to try to come as close to _____ as he can". For many readers Thurber comes closer th
[007] ed what he said, because he could continue, "But the _____ , which cost me bitter tears to say, I must speak, th
[008] into a faith which is a dominating conviction of the _____ and about which I have not a shadow of doubt. It has
[009] r rush to beat the Russians, we have forgotten these _____ -packed words of Jesus Christ: "What shall it profit
[010] ething is not. Some persons are so sensitive to this _____ as to propose that we do away with institutions alto
[011] f which had been lying in slumber for centuries. The _____ is that any revival of traditional and indigenous re
[012] would be preferable to some worlds, and there are in _____ no circumstances in which the destruction of human l
[013] s are considered only the surface of experience. The _____ - the Eternal
[014] - the Eternal _____ - is not transmittable by words. Reality is considered
[015] Of his own will he has begotten us by the word of _____ . St. James 1:18. Amen, amen, I say to thee, unles
[016] Machado. When it was my turn, I, too, printed the _____ as I knew it about Batista, and rejoiced to see his
[017] flated plastic toys. You are likely to be nearer the _____ . You can also see that the greater the proximity
[018] ere each day overcame a new difficulty, gained a new _____ , or banished a previous error". He openly proclaimed
[019] Chandler is the epitome of the old-time trooper. The _____ is, however, that when Mel Chandler first reported t
[020] ly accepted her statement about Bridget as the whole _____ . He felt nothing further need be said about the serv
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[001] es terrific tension on the leg muscles from start to _____ of each repetition. _3._ It improves over-all b
[002] or cutting and shaping small parts. File to a smooth _____ . A Barrette Swiss pattern file is handy since its tr
[003] ch alike as possible. The notch should have a smooth _____ so that the steel dog will slide easily over it. Ass
[004] They have fine FN actions and a better-than-average _____ on both the metal and the stock wood. Barrel weights
[005] own toner brushed on and sponged off to give antique _____ . Fired to cone 06-05. #CHANGING COLORS# _TO CHANGE
[006] rproof, and the choice will depend on the quality of _____ desired. All panel board comes in standard **f foot
[007] y with the dimensional bit, turn the piece over, and _____ from the other side. In soft woods with pronounced g
[008] e described. Then I plan my attack: the parts I will _____ first, the range of values, the accenting of minor d
[009] tle a 400- lb tub **f through a narrow doorway. _____ your plumbing before you frame it in (most economica
[010] bearing partition on either side of the pipes). _____ installing and connecting up your furnace and your w
[011] your disappearing stair (or stairs) to the attic and _____ your overhead ducts before you drywall the ceiling.
[012] ng to fit, or your workmen had to come back twice to _____ a job they could have done on one trip. Even "A
[013] marble halls screaming for help. It was a rugged _____ for what must have been a very interesting night.
[014] d from head to tail, but he was in this fight to the _____ , running almost as strongly now as in the morning.
[015] heaps of corpses everywhere". In haste he labored to _____ some last abstract paintings: a three-panel frieze,
[016] He has a wonderfully retentive memory. After I would _____ playing the songs, he'd just go away without a comme
[017] see a way to isolate Cuba, stop infiltration, maybe _____ Castro, too. This is the question now facing Pres
[018] tskill, the deputies again headed for the Vermejo to _____ their business. They stayed with a rancher Friday ni
[019] hing left but this undepicted flatness with which to _____ as well as start his picture. The actual surface bec
[020] ter many years and many interruptions he was able to _____ the canopy fresco, and slightly less than half the f
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[001] at combination of doctored fact, fancy, and personal _____ called yellow journalism which flourished in this co
[002] s this the way gentlemen settle frank differences of _____ ? Is it after all possible that no matter how the lib
[003] id not abound in a tolerant spirit, that the yoke of _____ crushed individuality of judgment and action: "No ci
[004] e stand more in awe of one another than most people. _____ is less individual or runs more into masses, and oft
[005] uring of such equality, and the spotlight that world _____ plays upon local incidents of racial agitation and s
[006] to which they may be effectively enforced. Judicial _____ since the Supreme Court decision on Shelley v. Kraem
[007] ious, yes, but also much laughter. Sharp division of _____ , too, and strenuous debate. There are brain-wracking
[008] c. Broil or toast as usual. Contrary to popular _____ , "a la mode" doesn't mean "with ice cream"- it just
[009] ion is reasonably official and not just an unfounded _____ . If there are any major restrictions, they usually c
[010] ought clearly into focus one important difference of _____ . The architects do not believe that the education of
[011] Ordinary politeness may have militated against this _____ being stated so badly but anyone with a wide acquain
[012] .D. was based on the usual course offered and on the _____ of many educators as to curricular necessities. Obvi
[013] Use of such weapons has been outlawed by the general _____ of civilized mankind. This country has not used them
[014] he husband's maleness", declares Dr. Calderone. This _____ is supported by one of the nation's leading psychiat
[015] icularly, by their jibes at the fact that Protestant _____ on birth control has changed in recent decades". All
[016] we did not wait for "outside pressures" and "world _____ " to bring down that Communist government; we moved d
[017] s not an exoneration, but Lizzie's expression of her _____ , as reported in the testimony of Assistant Marshal F
[018] ortant she was. Kirby was, of course, reflecting the _____ that existed at the time of the murders. Everyo
[019] cle be broken? This is a problem to which leaders of _____ , both Negro and white, should devote far more attent
[020] es in equity. In a long and angry footnote to his _____ , Judge Hough had lent the weight of judicial condemn
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[001] yle. And how he could write! His famous criticism of _____ Henry's "third style" is surely as subtly, even eleg
[002] Innesfree, where Ellen Roe Danaher and her bullying _____ , Will, live, is no place for a man who will not use
[003] the end and has a fine old knockdown fight with the _____ , and that there are plenty of minor scraps along the
[004] to the ballet selections of the evening. #@# As _____ John Sellers sang five "blues" to the guitar and dru
[005] t but sympathetic help she gets from her 25-year-old _____ . @ _THE HEAD OF MONSIEUR M.,_ Althea Urn. A def
[006] girding by Arthur Tappan (1786-1865) and his younger _____ , Lewis Tappan (1788-1873). Individuals possessing
[007] much better underpinning. She is more like her full _____ , Taraday Hanover, but larger. Up to date she is a gr
[008] was designed and built by Lemuel Chenoweth and his _____ , Eli, of Beverly. The Chenoweth brothers were experi
[009] After more years of concentrated effort, Roy and his _____ Max finally established a thriving family business
[010] he sciences of medicine, physics, and astronomy, his _____ studied law. The brothers continued to help each oth
[011] and turn loose on me". A Michigan soldier wrote his _____ : "I am well at present with the exception I have got
[012] alp laid back from the entire front of his head. His _____ ran a mile to get the father; when they reached the
[013] ntion, Henry remonstrated calmly but firmly with his _____ . The emancipation plan would not only be injurious t
[014] h both he and William were furious with their Yankee _____ . William, who did not write to Gorham, told Giffen t
[015] the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver, Jr., a Kennedy _____ -in-law, collects heavily among the moderns, includin
[016] to work. More importantly, he also happens to be the _____ -in-law of Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House. Th
[017] a younger schoolmate, Albert S. Flint, friend of her _____ Winslow, and later, like Winslow, a noted astronomer
[018] ould not give up her intellectual pursuits. When her _____ Winslow became a student at Brown University in 1874
[019] as she studied alone. Lucy's correspondence with _____ Winslow during his college days was not entirely tak
[020] have made a record as publicly distinguished as her _____ had it not been that her mother's death occurred jus