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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: Senator Barbara Boxer, the California Democrat who is chairwoman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, shepherded the highway bill. "We are growing in number," said Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota.
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is

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Passage: Five Iraqis, whose names were not disclosed, also were deported, the newspaper said. It gave no reason for the expulsions and Tanzania's criminal investigation and immigration departments could not be reached for comment.
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disclosed

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Passage: The force will have to cope with widespread lawlessness, with large areas of the country, particularly in the south, controlled by armed gangs. Apart from the Italians, the advance contingent is made up of three French, three Greeks, two Danes, two Spaniards and a Romanian.
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cope