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1. Although he was receiving pressure from his publisher, the real reason he assiduously devoted himself to the completion of the book was because he was a diligent scholar.

2. Prior to the 1940s, it would have been anachronistic to see a black couple picnicking with a white couple in a public park.

3. Although the positive news that the cancer was caught in time to treat it with radiation therapy is often a momentary time for celebration, that temporary euphoria is quickly moderated with the understanding that the treatments may take months.

4. The movie was billed as being full of great action scenes guaranteed to keep the audience riveted to the edge of their seats, when in fact, after the first 20 minutes and three car chases, it grows redundant and never regains the verve of the opening scenes for the rest of the movie.

5. No one can claim that any of the speakers at the club were verbose, and in actuality, because no one ever spoke more than ten sentences comprised of less than five words each, speeches were actually vague.

6. A goodly portion of the cuisine in the Far East contains significant amounts of stimulating spices not generally given to the American palate, qualifying them to be known as piquant.

7. Justice Thomas may be the most controversial justice appointed in the last 20 years given the polls that showed as many whole-heartedly supporting him as unequivocally opposing him.

8. Certainly Sir Gwain was a rancorous foe whose thunderous presence on the battlefield caused the hearts of many a would-be foe to quiver like jelly.

9. The fact that most elevators today have battery back-up systems to safely deliver passengers to the next level in the event of a power failure, this does not alleviate the claustrophobic fears of small, enclosed, confined places.

10. During World War Ⅱ, it was not uncommon for one to subrogate, taking on the entire persona of the alternate individual, in order to pass through checkpoints.

11. It seems that hardly a generation goes by but that the youth are caught in the maelstrom of war exposing young, fertile minds to the ravages, chaos, and turbulence of conflict.

12. Given the seemingly countless number of linquistic variations found in America, in order to reflect the heterogeneity of those variations, writers often employ a mixture of dialects.

13. Many find the writings of Mark Twain obscure and dense such that upon first reading, particularly his essay, one finds its opacity hard to penetrate.

14. The Mount St. Helens eruption deposited thousands of tons of volcanic ash and debris, helping to restore to the soil nutrients depleted years ago by excessive mining and farming for decades.

15. Facing the onslaught of the massive German Army, smaller countries had little option but to adopt a conciliatory approach to Hitler.

16. Because he was abused as a child, abandoned as a teenager, and wrongfully charged and convicted for crimes he didn't commit as an adult, it was perfectly understandable that he became a misanthrope, shunning human contract.

17. The comedian put on a scathingly brilliant farcical rendition of the president addressing Congress who were costumed as hogs representative of pork bellies.

18. Portraying love or a relationship as foolish, risky, nonsensical, and worthless exposes him for what he really is, a misogynist.

19. The unmitigated truth is that the author of the essays was obtuse in his writing; their publication obviated the teacher's chances for a promotion.

20. The chairman complained that the committee was wasting too much time on peripheral issues, instead of concentrating on the essential one.

21. A mentally deficient person who has special talents or gifts is correctly referred to as an idiot savant; an extraordinary child is referred to as a prodigy.

22. Anti-machine groups, such as the 19th century Chartists, flat-Earth societies, and more recently, anti-computer group, are all examples of misoneism.

23. Fear persisted, and with it persisted an animosity toward the sister; undoubtedly this was the psychological correlate of the incest taboo.

24. Soul'e is five feet five inches tall and inclines toward stoutness, but his erect bearing and movements tend to camouflage this.

25. Not all persons whose lives are restricted remain provincial; some have the intellectual and personal characteristics which enable them to develop a/an cosmopolitan orientation to life.