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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
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Russian human rights activist and dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva explained glasnost as a word that " had been in the Russian language for centuries .
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" For centuries " , human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva has explained , the word " glasnost " has been in the Russian language : " It was in the dictionaries and lawbooks as long as there had been dictionaries and lawbooks .

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If the table has ( retiring ) it means that the current governor has said they will not seek re-election at the end of the term or to run for another office .
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The notation " ( term limits ) " after the year indicates that the current governor is ineligible to seek re-election in that year ; the notation " ( retiring ) " indicates that the current governor has announced his or her intention not to seek re-election at the end of the term nor to run for another office .

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It was a de facto industry standard for many years , and was finally standardized as IEEE 1284 in the late 1990s , which defined a bi-directional version of the port .
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It was an industry " de facto " standard for many years , and was finally standardized as IEEE 1284 in the late 1990s , which defined the Enhanced Parallel Port ( EPP ) and Extended Capability Port ( ECP ) bi-directional versions .