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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: Italian infrastructure minister Antonio Di Pietro said the government's decision should convince Alitalia's management to resign. "With today's decision the exit doors are open for those who occupy positions of power at Alitalia because they have failed in their mission," he said.
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said

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Passage: Turkes was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, in 1917 and graduated from the Military Academy in 1938, joining the army. Involved in ultranationalist movements since the early 1940s, Turkes was one of the senior organisers of a military coup in 1960, which eventually led to the hanging of toppled conservative prime minister Adnan Menderes.
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born

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Passage: "The non-food operations were largely Mr. Lortie's creation {and} his strategy didn't work," said Steven Holt, a financial analyst with Midland Doherty Ltd. Provigo's profit record over the past two years tarnished the company's and Mr. Lortie's reputations.
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operations