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It's time to stop​ (a)   young people and instead try to understand and empathize with why disengaging is often their default position.

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We are now the ​ (a)   of society, a virus, racist, bullies, fearful, resentful and paranoid.

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It lightened the heart, though we were too rundown to be able to show our relief in ​ (a)   or zest of movement.

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He wants to be seen as a ​ (a)    reformer, but he also acts like a goonish thug.

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Under that rule, as long as 70% of a business's ​ (a)   property is in a zone, the business doesn’t lose its ability to qualify for the tax break.

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Evan’s suspect motives are mixed with the desire to provide​ (a)   to a bereaved family.

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All due to a ​ (a)   tug of war over a car valued at less than a grand.

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The players twisted between reliving the ​ (a)  

of the World Series and placing it in their rearview mirror.

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But he also grew up watching his father and grandmother ​ (a)   at his mother's obsession with social status.

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We see presidents exhibiting a myriad of emotions, depressed or elated, ​ (a)   or regretful, wise or foolish.