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2. In fear for their lives and in ______of their freedom, thousands of enslaved women and children fled to the Northern States on the eve of the American Civil War. 6O l)SQE,
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5. We all buy things on the ______ of the moment; this is what the retail trade calls an “impulse “buy. _w9 :([_
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6. Nothing has ever equaled the ______ and speed with which the human species is altering the physical and chemical world. ?
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11. I like cats but unfortunately I am ______ to them. j`$d W H/2
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13. One of the main ways to stay out of trouble with government agents is to keep a law______ away from those situations wherein you call attention to yourself. #:n:3]t
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14. With 1 million copies sold out within just 2 weeks, that book is indeed a ______ success. JVgV,4 1
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15. As the core of the management hoard, he can always come up with ______ ideas to promote the corporation's marketing strategies. I "<ACM
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l6. They speak of election campaign polls as a musician might of an orchestra ______, or a painter of defective paint. bdUe,2Yi n
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17. Surely it doesn't matter where charities get their money from: what ______much is what they do with it. ^t'mfG|DV
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l8. Any business needs ordinary insurance______ risks such as fire, flood and breakage.
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19. As he was a thoroughly professional journalist, he already knew the media______. I| 27%i
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20. There was little, if any, evidence to substantiate the gossip and, ______, there was little to disprove it. !G0OD$
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