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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.
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Passage: First of America, which now has 45 banks and $12.5 billion in assets, announced an agreement to acquire the Peoria, Ill., bank holding company in January. Midwest Financial has $2.3 billion in assets and eight banks.
answer:
has

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Passage: "We are arguing with the Chinese side to issue defence White Papers to make the issue more transparent. I think they are trying to improve their transparency in this respect," he told a lunch meeting here.
answer:
arguing

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Passage: ''The mother was practically kidnapped along with the boy'' to make the late-November trip, Castro said. The Cuban leader said Elian had been especially loved by his parents because the mother had earlier suffered seven miscarriages.
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kidnapped