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Despite her hearing loss and ___________(1) painful arthritis, Maj was a pleasant and surprisingly ____________(2) dog.

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Hand-cuffing the two ____________(1) men stopped the ____________(2) violence, but did nothing to cease the volley of _____________(3) they continued to yell at each other.

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Though she willingly admitted that the ____________(1) town was scenically beautiful, Christine could not help but feel it was ______________(2) backwater compared to her previous home in the city.

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The chairman’s ____________(1) comments about the environmental disaster caused people to grow even angrier at the company, _____________(2) a situation that was already ______________(3).

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Allowing distinguished figures to ____________(1) on their experiences, lives and wisdom learned, the memoir genre has given us such significant works as Ulysses S. Grant’s Personal Memoirs, an interesting, well-written account of his days as a general and a president. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the genre also provides an outlet for anyone who wants to share any ___________(2) experience, as evidenced by the _______________(3) release of a fly-by-night internet celebrity’s memoir next month.

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Although Father’s Day, first celebrated in 1908, is now an honored tradition in the United States, it did not always enjoy such _________(1); rather unofficial ___________(2) from prominent figures such as Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings Bryan were required before Americans embraced the holiday.

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Some conservative theologians subscribe to the belief of Biblical ___________(1) as far as the Scripture never being wrong when it comes to revealing God, his vision, and his news to humanity. However, other literalist Christians believe the __________(2) refers to the Bible being without error in every way, including matters of chronology, history, biology, sociology, politics, etcetera.

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When he was alive, the magnate was described as arrogant, bitterly critical, and __________(1). Nevertheless, the speaker, who was often the victim of his legendary ____________(2), was able to find _____________(3) things to say about him.

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When the mother ____________(1) the disruptive child, she did not expect his siblings to encourage malevolent behavior; rather, she anticipated that the children would mock and _______________(2) their troublesome brother and through his punishment, he would refrain from harassing others.