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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.

The government’s not going to loan me money as they know there’s no way I can pay it 36_______.

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Squirrel

It was when Squirrel Nutkin appeared at the October Board meeting that Mr. Ramsay began to 30______ his reputation for eccentricity. And that’s putting it 31______. To be fair, there were people who said at the time that there was nothing wrong in wearing a glove puppet to a Board meeting. However, there were more who disagreed, and several who thought that Mr. Ramsay was off his chump. The matter was hotly disputed in the company’s offices, on the shop floor, in the canteen.

It happened during Mr. Giles’s monthly overlong summary of the company’s financial position. Two factors were making the prospects for Ramsay & Co look bleak. 

The first of these factors spoke for itself. There were simply fewer items of hosiery being sold. Whether this was due to the long hot summer combined with the undoubted increase 32______ the uptake of feminine trousers, or it was a sign of continued recession was not for him to say. Ramsay & Co simply had to 33______ the facts, whether they liked them or not, and accept what the market was telling them. Reality didn’t always turn 34______ the way people wanted it to.

The second factor, however, was what they could do something about. Ramsay & Co’s costs were inordinately high compared to those of its competitors, who had been cutting back on staff over the last five years, reducing their workforce to one-fifth of its previous level. It was high 35______ that Ramsay & Co got itself into a similar position.

None of the Board members was surprised at what Mr. Giles had to say. He had, after all, said it all before, many times, over the past several months. Mr. Ramsay had, until now, always stubbornly resisted him. This time, though, what happened was different from all the previous occasions. Mr. Ramsay had never before produced a glove puppet from underneath the table. He had never had a squirrel sitting on his left hand during a presentation.

The only two pairs of eyes in the room focused on Mr. Giles during his summation of the company’s position were those of Mr. Ramsay and the squirrel, both of whom were shaking their heads very slightly. The other Board members were sitting shocked with their mouths wide open and were 36______ at the puppet.

It was when Squirrel Nutkin appeared at the October Board meeting that Mr. Ramsay began to 30______ his reputation for eccentricity.

And that’s putting it 31______.