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2. | The ___ Martin Luther King, Jr., a preacher and activist, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. | 4. | There are ___ of people, agencies, and institutions to blame for the financial crisis of 2008. | 6. | A ___ smoker doesn't smoke ___s, but he does put one cigarette into his mouth after another, as if they were connected on a chain. | 7. | The ___ told everyone that after the sermon there would be a picnic behind the church. | 10. | After his divorce became final, his friends invited him out to ___. But he turned them down--he wasn't in a party mood. | 12. | I ___ your kind offer, but I must take a rain check. | 14. | Some young people have a selfish ___; they care only about themselves. | 15. | The pervert tried to ___ the little girl into his van with a candy bar. | 17. | The fans went into a ___ when the forward scored the winning goal with only 2 seconds left in the game. | 18. | ___ is a holiday for family, friends, cranberry sauce, turkey, and pumpkin pie. (Burp!) |
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1. | People try to ___ weight by buying low-fat frozen dinners--and then they eat TWO of them at one meal. | 3. | Both political parties depend greatly on the efforts of unpaid ___s. | 5. | The ___ of a company is measured by sales versus expenses. | 8. | ___ of your age and experience, criminals know how to separate you from your valuables. | 9. | The dog waited ___ outside Starbucks for its owner to reappear. | 10. | The soup kitchen is a downtown ___ that provides a free hot lunch for about 300 homeless people daily. | 11. | The Internal ___ Service is part of the Department of the Treasury. (Remember April 15!) | 13. | ___ Day is celebrated on four different days, depending on the country and the religion; in the US, it's celebrated on Dec. 25. | 16. | The bathroom toilet is also known as the commode, the can, and the ___per. |
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