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Question: Alas for perfectly lovely words that acquire pejorative meanings over the years! Earlier in this century, pansy became a derogatory epithet to describe an effete male, thereby cheapening forever lines like Shelley's noble image in Adonais ( verse XXXIII ): His head was bound with pansies over-blown,

Answer: Alas for perfectly lovely words that acquire pejorative meanings! Earlier this century, pansy became an epithet for an effete man, cheapening noble lines like Shelley's in Adonais: His head was bound with pansies over-blown,

Question: They bombed the Bogota offices last month, destroying its computer and causing $2.5 million in damage.

Answer: The bombing of Bogota offices destroyed a computer and caused 2.5m in damage

Question: The sewage system and houses outside the citadel were better constructed than their modern equivalents, and among their animals was a major Indian contribution to the world's cuisine -- the chicken.

Answer:
The sewage system and houses outside the citadel were better constructed than their modern equivalents, and among their animals the chicken.