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It is also cheaper to send an e-mail message than to send an ordinary letter or а ‘snail’ message which also takes much longer. An e-mail message is only 33______ more expensive than а local telephone call to send; on top of the call itself you also have to pay а fee to your ‘server’.

If you send а letter by 34_______ mail, it will take а couple of days to get there whereas an e-mail will not take longer than а few seconds.

Once you become 35________ to using the system you will be amazed at how much more 36________ it is than other means of communication.

Once you become 35________ to using the system you will be amazed at how much more 36________ it is than other means of communication.

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Trees Are a Threat

The mountain town of Canton is surrounded by thick underbrush and pine trees. Because of six years of drought, these plants are a major fire hazard. Thousands of trees and tons of underbrush are going to be removed over the next five years 30_______ a minimum cost of $3 million. The brush will be removed first and only then the trees will be toppled and removed. A cleared nonflammable area will then safely surround the town.

A recent fire burned 4,000 acres and destroyed 11 homes in nearby Hamilton. The fire was raging toward Canton, but a sudden rainstorm 31________ it out. Residents know that they won’t get lucky twice, so they are looking 32_______ to this massive clearing operation, because it will help their town survive a future inferno. ‘But there are two problems,’ said one resident. ‘All the extra trucks are going to make traffic pretty bad. Once the area is cleared, we have to make 33_______ dirt bikers don’t try to make the cleared area their personal playground.’

Ninety percent of the cutting and clearing will be paid with federal funds. Unfortunately, if the trees are on private 34_______, they must be paid for by the residents themselves. Prices can range as high as $1,000 to cut and remove one tree. Officials say that residents can apply 35_______ state and federal loans if necessary.

‘Well, what good does that do me?’ asked Thelma, a 65-year-old widow. ‘I’m living on social security and I’ve got four trees. The government’s not going to loan me money as they know there’s no way I can pay it 36_______. So what am I supposed to do? These planners with all their big ideas ought to think of the poor people.’

Thousands of trees and tons of underbrush are going to be removed over the next five years 30_______ a minimum cost of $3 million.

A recent fire burned 4,000 acres and destroyed 11 homes in nearby Hamilton. The fire was raging toward Canton, but a sudden rainstorm 31________ it out.

Residents know that they won’t get lucky twice, so they are looking 32_______ to this massive clearing operation, because it will help their town survive a future inferno.

Once the area is cleared, we have to make 33_______ dirt bikers don’t try to make the cleared area their personal playground.’

Ninety percent of the cutting and clearing will be paid with federal funds. Unfortunately, if the trees are on private 34_______, they must be paid for by the residents themselves.

Officials say that residents can apply 35_______ state and federal loans if necessary.