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Q: By September, the United States was becoming openly critical of Pakistan for supporting a Taliban military offensive aimed at completing the conquest of Afghanistan.

A: The US became public in their critiques of Pakistan's support of the Taliban's conquest of Afghanistan.
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Q: The Jewish National Fund was founded in 1904 for the purpose of buying up land from Arabs.

A: The Jewish National Fund, founded in 1904 to buy up land from Arabs.
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Q: COST FINDING - Cost finding techniques produce cost data by analytical or sampling methods. Cost finding techniques are appropriate for certain kinds of costs, such as indirect costs, items with costs below set thresholds within programs, or for some programs in their entirety.

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Cost finding techniques produce cost data by analytical or sampling methods. Cost finding techniques are appropriate for certain kinds of costs, such as indirect costs.
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