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From the Ted Talk by John Bohannon: Dance vs. powerpoint, a modest proposal

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I shall now, therefore, humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection. Once we eliminate pliubc funindg for the artists, let's put them back to work by using them instead of PowerPoint. As a test case, I poprose we start with American dancers. After all, they are the most perishable of their kind, prone to iujnry and very slow to heal due to our health care system. Rather than dancing our Ph.Ds, we should use dacne to explain all of our coemlpx problems. Imagine our politicians using dance to explain why we must invade a foreign country or bail out an investment bank. It's sure to help.

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I shall now, therefore, humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection. Once we eliminate ______ _______ for the artists, let's put them back to work by using them instead of PowerPoint. As a test case, I _______ we start with American dancers. After all, they are the most perishable of their kind, prone to ______ and very slow to heal due to our health care system. Rather than dancing our Ph.Ds, we should use _____ to explain all of our _______ problems. Imagine our politicians using dance to explain why we must invade a foreign country or bail out an investment bank. It's sure to help.

Solution


  1. dance
  2. propose
  3. complex
  4. public
  5. injury
  6. funding

Original Text


I shall now, therefore, humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection. Once we eliminate public funding for the artists, let's put them back to work by using them instead of PowerPoint. As a test case, I propose we start with American dancers. After all, they are the most perishable of their kind, prone to injury and very slow to heal due to our health care system. Rather than dancing our Ph.Ds, we should use dance to explain all of our complex problems. Imagine our politicians using dance to explain why we must invade a foreign country or bail out an investment bank. It's sure to help.

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