In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.

Q: Passage: A recent survey covering 10,400 peasants over the age of 60 in 31 provinces showed 45 percent were not living with their children and five percent did not know where their next meal would come from, according to Xinhua. Sixty-nine percent had just one set of clothes and 67 percent could not afford medicine.

A: covering
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Q: Passage: After a short, sharp drop when Asia's financial problems first became clear, the stock market has rebounded and corporate profits have remained healthy. Long-term interest rates, an important indicator of economic stability, have fallen in the last few months.

A: drop
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Q: Passage: Spitzer also criticized Vacco for dismantling the Office of Reproductive Rights, which investigated threats and crimes against abortion clinics, when he became attorney general. On Monday, Spitzer called for Vacco to revive that unit immediately, vowing that he would do so on his first day in office if elected.

A:
criticized
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