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Ex.15. 3 a)

Ex.15. 3 b)

1. Following an initial response phase in which more than 1.7 million people were served, The Salvation Army continues to be active in recovery two years after the storms hit.
2. President Bush, in a sharp confrontation with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance.
3. Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government’s most urgent warning on Bayer's and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause.
4. The combination of retaliation, backlash, and victim blaming can turn even a mild transgression into a major political event within an institution.
5. Revenge (also known as vengeance or payback) is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived.
6. With daybreak the heavy bombardment recommenced from all the batteries.
7. Physical exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.
8. The nuclear threat present during the Cold War has diminished.

Ex.15. 4 a)

Ex.15. 4 b)

1) In the early 1960s, as the world seemed to teeter on the brink of nuclear war, the Canadian public was deeply sceptical about the wisdom of Canada becoming a nuclear power.

2) Nuclear deterrence is based upon a believable and grave threat of nuclear retaliation, and the threat of nuclear weapons use has been constant during the post World WarII period.

3) In June, 2000 U.S. Navy battleships held a shelling exercise on a small island off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico in spite of the objections of local population who had vowed to use "human shields" to stop them.

4) The Germans are sick and tired of supporting the Southern Europe welfare system which identifies the broken element of the faulty European Union.

5) The Government will never bow before any terrorist threat, and ensure that proper law and order is maintained in the State,” he said.

Keys to Text 16

At home

Ex. 1b) The word means the surname of David Mathew Hicks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hicks