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[Q]: The LAT , NYT , and WP fronts carry the news that the federal government has indeed, as it first hinted over a week ago, decided to try to block the Lockheed-Northrop merger.
[A]: The LAT , NYT , and WP report that the federal government has, as previously hinted, decided to block the Lockheed-Northrop merger

[Q]: To get a better, though still static, picture of what's really going on, let's relabel and complete SBA's table (see Figure 2):
[A]: To get a better picture of what's going on, let's relabel and complete SBA's table.

[Q]: To be fair, the White House wanted to sweeten the Medicare pot at the same time it was making these cuts by adding a prescription-drug benefit.
[A]:
Thw White House made the Medicare plan better by adding a prescription-drug benefit.