Children sharpen this competency through conversing with adults, who add information, ask questions, and prompt children to increase the sophistication of their descriptions and explanations'in essence, who use an elaborative style of narrative talk.

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Communicating with adults is one way that children increase this competency.

( ( Communicating ( with adults ) ) ( ( is ( ( one way ) ( that ( children ( increase ( this competency ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

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Sources reported that one, or perhaps both, of these meetings was apparently arranged through Bin Ladin's Egyptian deputy, Zawahiri, who had ties of his own to the Iraqis.

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Bin Ladin's Egyptian Deputy, Assad, undoubtedly arranged the meetings.

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At 9:05, Boston Center confirmed for both the FAA Command Center and the New England Region that the hijackers aboard American 11 said we have planes.

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It was not until after 9:05 that the FAA Command Center was told about what the hijackers said.

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( Well ( , ( ( thank ( you ( very much ) ) ) . ) ) )

(ROOT (S (INTJ (UH Well)) (, ,) (VP (VB thank) (S (NP (PRP you)) (ADJP (RB very) (JJ much)))) (. .)))

(ROOT (NP (NNS Thanks) (QP (RB so) (JJ much)) (. .)))


I helped people put their music and their vocals to tape.

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( I ( ( ( ( did n't ) ever ) ( help ( record vocals ) ) ) . ) )

(ROOT (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBD did) (RB n't) (ADVP (RB ever)) (VP (VB help) (NP (NN record) (NNS vocals)))) (. .)))


For the 1991-1992 academic year, only $135,00 was available for scholarship assistance.

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No scholarships were awarded during the 1991-1992 academic year.

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Um, as far as having an impact on me, I guess, uh, being a good girl and doing all the right things.

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It influenced in a negative way, resulting in me being a bad person.

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If I, he's like, You're not going to do anything, da-da-da.

( ( If I ) ( , ( he ( ( 's ( ( like ( , ( ( You ( ( 're not ) ( going ( to ( do anything ) ) ) ) ) , ) ) ) da-da-da ) ) . ) ) ) )

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He says that I am not going to do anything.

( He ( ( says ( that ( I ( ( am not ) ( going ( to ( do anything ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

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In contrast, a men's dress suit might be cut from a single ply, or from five or six plies of the same or different material.

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Men's dress suits are one of the few ways in which men's garments demonstrate more variety.

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Even the most casual observers of social movements and language changes are conscious of what some might call the crusade for nonsexist language.

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Even casual observers have heard of the so-called crusade for nonsexist language.

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Then, since then, I, I was, like, when I saw military, I felt like I, I, that is, a great fear, a terror of, the guerrillas, I was afraid of them, but the military, was worse.

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I had a deep sense of respect for the military.

( I ( ( ( had ( ( a ( deep sense ) ) ( of respect ) ) ) ( for ( the military ) ) ) . ) )

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(ROOT (SBARQ (WHNP (WP What)) (SQ (VBP do) (NP (PRP you)) (VP (VB do))) (. ?)))

( I ( ( 'm ( interested ( in ( what ( you do ) ) ) ) ) . ) )

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According to a report in The Times [30 October 1987],  Nearly 3,000 people have signed a petition urging Mr Kenneth Baker, Secretary of State for Education and Science, to make grammar, including syntax, compulsory to `encourage the clear and accurate expression of meaning.

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Over 3,000 signatures have been collected on a petition to Mr. Kenneth Baker.

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The Hijacking of American 11 American Airlines Flight 11 provided nonstop service from Boston to Los Angeles.

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American Airlines does not provide nonstop service.

( ( American Airlines ) ( ( ( does not ) ( provide ( nonstop service ) ) ) . ) )

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When an artilleryman broke and ran, the enemy could turn the guns to their own use.

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Artillerymen often ran, leaving their guns to the enemy.

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A typical marker for men's pants is shown in Figure 8.1 (page 137).

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Figure 8.1 illustrates what the common marker for men's pants looks lie.

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Another entry under L is Laadan , a language constructed by linguist Suzette Hayden Elgin and first used in her science fiction novel Native Tongue , a language which is designed to contain many  woman function  words not included in English.

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Suzette Hayden Elgin created the Laadan language as an experiment in linguistics.

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( So ( what ( ( ( ( did you ) actually ) do ) ? ) ) )

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( What ( ( was ( ( your job ) ( at ( the studio ) ) ) ) ? ) )

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He defected and became a star informant for the United States.

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( ( Everything ( ( the informant ) said ) ) ( ( was true ) . ) )

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This essay was selected as the First Prize winner ($1,000) in the Sixth VERBATIM Essay Competition.

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This piece was rejected from the VERBATIM Essay Competition held in 2025.

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(ROOT (SQ (VBP Are) (NP (PRP you)) (PP (IN down) (NP (RB there))) (. ?)))


Contributing members of the winning classes will receive an added bonus, of a tuition waived registration to a nonrestricted CE Course, at the dental school during the 1991-92 academic year.

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The tuition waived registration is more popular than the nonrestricted CE Course.

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They arrived at 9:25 and established a combat air patrol (CAP) over the city.

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There was no combat air patrol established over the city.

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Labor costs represent a significant portion of cost for many garment categories,18 and U.S. wage levels far exceed those of competitors in countries like the People's Republic of China and Mexico.

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U.S. wage levels do not exceed those of competitors in other countries.

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Millions, pursuing secular as well as religious studies, were products of educational systems that generally devoted little if any attention to the rest of the world's thought, history, and culture.

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Millions were products of educational systems that devoted lots of attention to the rest of the world's thoughts and culture.

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As one who generously supports the law school, you understand the importance of alumni contributions in providing an excellent legal education for our students.

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You know the need for alumni contributions to the law school.

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Yet since World War II, shifting tastes in clothes, rising real incomes, and domestic and foreign competition within the textile and apparel industries have markedly reduced the proportion of consumer budgets expended on apparel and its upkeep (laundry and dry cleaning).

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Consumers have spent less on laundry and dry cleaning since WWII.

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In order to evaluate the performance of different inventory options, it is important to emphasize the less straightforward costs involved.

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Cutting costs is a businesses prime directive for managing their finances.

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My sisters and I decided we would all ride up together in // the upchuck wagon.

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Me and my sisters decided that we'd be all riding the upchuck wagon together.

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Entire collections can be created in a day with the selected materials draped on a sketched figure or actual photograph of a model.

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Entire collections are created in a day with materials draped on a sketched figure or photograph of a model.

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It kind of gets tiring and that's what I don't like, you know, I don't like to talk about myself when I go around my family.

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I love to talk to my family about myself.

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Once Sydney starts to take over strategies generated during joint problem solving, her father pulls back, reducing the assistance provided.

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Sydney's father was of no assistance whatsoever to Sydney.

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When people consider the U.S. apparel industry, they often think of New York City's Seventh Avenue, which is driven by new design, constantly changing seasonal offerings, and a willingness by consumers to pay a premium for the cutting edge of fashion.

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The U.S. apparel industry is constantly changing and requires a lot of money.

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No one else been there no one else had ever experienced or written about what they'd seen and brought it back.

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Everyone who went there wrote down what they had seen.

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( ( ( ( ( It ( can ( be done ) ) ) , ) but ) ( it ( is rare ) ) ) . )

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The __ Unit can help your company save money by promoting good health practices.

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We will help your employees stay on top of health practices.

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Latin may provide a good analogy to what I experienced in Japan.

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My experience in Japan was unforgettable.

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I remember many mornings walking down to the bus where you know whatever you had in your nose would freeze.

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Walking to the bus, anything in our noses would freeze.

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Let's see, the others that I could think of that I read recently, there were some Civil War books written by Jeffrey Shaara and the other by his son Michael.

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I haven't read any civil war books recently.

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There are two major types of sewing machines used in garment  the lockstitch and the chain-stitch machine.

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There are two main types of sewing machines in making garments.

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( There ( ( ( ( was ( initial resistance ) ) , ) however ) . ) )

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( ( At first ) ( , ( there ( ( was ( resistance ( to it ) ) ) . ) ) ) )

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And, the same way I went out to another, er, e, cousin, his name is Cristobal, and I said, Cristobal, do you have to, what are you doing tomorrow?

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I never met Cristobal or asked what he was doing tomorrow, I only heard he was a good chum.

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I could go on, but my ansible (FTL message receiver) is displaying a rpiority-one hyperspace is urgently required to mediate some tiff between local mutant reptillians and the invading rebel positronic androids.

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Professional mediators are notified whenever there is disagreement between species.

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But none of the other callers reported the presence of a firearm.

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The controller told us that he then knew it was a hijacking.

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The air traffic controller immediately radioed other planes.

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( ( A subvariant ) ( of ( the anagram ) ) )

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( ( ( A subvariety ) ( of anagram ) ) . )

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The leaders of the unassuming Royal Knights Society can be a source of delight.

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There is no enjoyment to be hand from the leaders of the Royal Knights Society.

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Though nothing proves that Bin Ladin ordered this attack, U.S. intelligence subsequently learned that al Qaeda leaders had decided a year earlier to attack a U.S. target in Saudi Arabia, and had shipped explosives to the peninsula for this purpose.

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There is no proof that Bin Laden order the attack.

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At the very end of the last century, there was a crisis at the Barnum and Bailey Circus.

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The Barnum and Baily Circus had a crisis at the end of the last century.

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In ensuing weeks, Bin Ladin delivered an often-repeated lecture on the need to cut off the head of the snake.

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Bin Ladin was forgetful of lectures he had already given.

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Here are some quotes from people who have been helped by United Way of Central Indiana

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We were helping my niece and nephew paint a new house that they bought and uh, he uh, little Raymond was with us.

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As if by magic, the house painted itself.

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Steve Cauthens has devoted his life to resurfacing.

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Steve Cauthen's life revolved around resurfacing.

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In a handful of slips taken from the top of my stack, I found at least one clear-cut  Nevada is  much more sparsely populated  than eastern states, according to Robin MacNeil (MacNeil/Lehrer News Report, PBS, 29 May 1986).

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( Nevada ( ( is ( densely populated ) ) . ) )

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He believed American 77 had experienced serious electrical or mechanical failure, or both, and was gone.

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He thought American 77 was having mechanical trouble or had crashed.

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I made up my mind that Muscat Ramble was almost certainly the original name of the tune.

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I figure Muscat Ramble has to be the new name.

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American 77 began deviating from its flight plan at 8:54, with a slight turn toward the south.

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American 77 left the flight plan at 8:54.

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Kids today face overwhelming pressures, everything from trouble at home to gangs and drugs.

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It's not easy being a kid today, with gangs and drugs and trouble at home.

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( We ( ( ( do ( fun stuff ) ) ( that ( we ( both like ) ) ) ) . ) )

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There are fun things that we both enjoy.

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The Pentagon proposed 12 targets for Tomahawk missiles.

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The Pentagon proposed some targets for the missiles that were just inside Libya.

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Consequently, Talia assists inappropriately, by doing the task for him.

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Talia then proceeded to do the job for him.

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Do you remember the first jobs that you, that you did um, because, I, did you, I don't think you started working with your dad did you?

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Can you recall the first jobs you performed?

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Do you remember what I had in my sandwich on the wharf yesterday?

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Do you know the kind of sandwich I ate yesterday?

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By the early 1930s, two systems of sewing and assembly emerged in the men's segment of the apparel  the progressive bundle system (PBS) and the straight-line system (SLS).

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The progressive bundle system and straight-line systems were two systems of assembling garments that existing in the 1930s.

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At the White House, Vice President Dick Cheney had just sat down for a meeting when his assistant told him to turn on his television because a plane had struck the NorthTower of the World Trade Center.

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Cheney was starting a meeting so they waited to tell him about the WTC.

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They increasingly insist that children engage in socially appropriate conduct.

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They were adamant that we heed their advice, without any room for negotiation.

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Five Americans and two officials from India were killed.

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Five americans were saved at the last minute by US forces.

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( ( ( Did you ) ( ( like it ) or ) ) ? )

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Did you like it or is there an alternative?

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( -LRB- ( ( Points ( to ( ( the bottom ) ( of ( the puzzle ) ) ) ) ) -RRB- ) )

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( ( Pointing ( at ( the carpet ) ) ) . )

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( You ( ( feel ( ( ( ( rewarded , ) enriched ) , ) uplifted ) ) . ) )

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In addition, you may take comfort knowing that 90% of your gift goes directly to the charity's cause.

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An award of $500.00 is given yearly to a graduate student in each class who excels in scholarship.

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Every year a graduate student who is failing gets a gift of $2000.

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She uh, she'd had laryngitis and the doctor told her if you don't quit smoking you'll never talk.

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The doctor said her laryngitis will worsen and she'll lose her voice if she doesn't quit smoking.

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The only decision made during this time was to return to Washington.

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Returning to Washington was the only decision made during this time.

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After a fixed period of time (e.g., every week), the retailer checks the inventory level.

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A retailer will check inventory level after some set amount of time.

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Anent earlier items by Timothy Hayes [XI, 4] and by Richard Lederer [XII, 4] on the oxymoron , I submit some oxymora found in local

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Timothy Hayes and Richard Lederer discussed the oxymoron together.

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(ROOT (S (NP (PRP You)) (VP (VBP suggest) (NP (NN something))) (. .)))

( You ( ( have ( ( no say ) ( in ( the matter ) ) ) ) . ) )

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In mid-1998, the situation reversed; it was Iraq that reportedly took the initiative.

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It was surprising that Iraq took the initiative in mid 1998.

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But that use apparently was rare in those times.

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That use was apparently common in those times.

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Those in the shelter wondered if the aircraft had been shot down pursuant to this authorization.

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People in the shelter imagined the order would bring about the plane's destruction.

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This tragic background brings me to the story of Wanda Rudolph of Pensacola, Florida, who made a courageous decision on behalf of her family a year ago.

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Wanda Rudolph made a cowardly decision last year that hurt her family.

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A scaffold was built so that a rifleman' who fired a single-shot, muzzle-loading shoulder weapon'could step up and shoot over the top of the trench.

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A scaffold was built so a weapon could be shot over a trench.

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I guess I was in a wing of the hospital where five or six other children in that whole wing of the hospital, well, in that, that wing and everybody went through the same treatments.

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I was a kid in a wing of the hospital with only adults around.

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Yeah, have you ever gotten hurt on the playground before?

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( ( ( Is ( your playground ) ) safe ) ? )

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The first is the dire shortage of acceptable child-care options in the United States, the second is the parental dilemma of  never enough time.

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America has plenty of acceptable options for child care.

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Bin Ladin apparently honored this pledge, at least for a time, although he continued to aid a group of Islamist extremists operating in part of Iraq (Kurdistan) outside of Baghdad's control.

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( ( Bin Laden ) ( ( ( aided extremists ) ( in Iraq ) ) . ) )

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He would pick chewing gum up off the floor and chew it disgusting things he was a deviant little sucker.

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He was disgusting the way he chewed up gum he found on the ground.

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Individuals who are being emancipated are eligible to receive up to $500 from the Fund if they formally apply and meet four  1. Release by the courts 2. Successful completion of all life skills tests 3. Positive termination of his or her Pleasant Run program 4. Possession of a high school diploma or GED

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Individuals may receive $500, whether they graduated from high school or not.

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ELM members receive our quarterly Bulletin, the best source of information on environmental issues in Massachusetts.

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Our Bulletin is the best source of information on environmental issues in Massachusetts, Elm members receive it only once per year.

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A UPS is a mechanical overhead transport system that moves a unit of clothing from one work station to the next.

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A UPS is an overhead moving system is the most important machine in the production line because it is the one who quickly moves units from one station to the next.

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Yet they form a consensus, a set of variations on a unified theme.

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Retailers now prefer to place relatively small orders before the season and then observe consumer response to the product offering before ordering more.

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Retailers observe consumers responses with binoculars.

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At 10:02 that morning, an assistant to the mission crew commander at NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector in Rome, New York, was working with his colleagues on the floor of the command center.

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The commander was unavailable thus the assistant worked with the command center.

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Talia and Jim's fear of helping 7-year-old Anselmo with his homework, lest they create a dependent, immature child, is a peculiarly Western'and profoundly American'preoccupation.

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The Western culture promotes raising immature and dependent children.

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I helped people put their music and their vocals to tape.

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( That ( ( 's ( really impressive ) ) . ) )

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( That ( ( ( 's ( the ( greatest thing ) ) ) ever ) . ) )

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( I ( ( ( did n't ) ( ( say anything ) ( to him ) ) ) . ) )

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Around 9:00, the FAA, American, and United were facing the staggering realization of apparent multiple hijackings.

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At noon the information came in that there were multiple hijackings.

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And here the deluge of printed matter abounds with such specimens that one would suppose them to be the rule rather than the exceptions.

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There is absolutely no printed matter in the world.

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Finally, a passenger reported that an announcement had been made by the pilot that the plane had been hijacked.

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The pilot announced that the plane had been hijacked.

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