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From the Ted Talk by Adam Garone: Healthier men, one moustache at a time

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Then in early 2007, a really interesting thing happened. We had Mo Bros from Canada, from the U.S., and from the U.K. eiimalng us and calling us and saying, hey, there's nothing for prostate cancer. Bring this campaign to these ctrioeuns. So we thought, why not? Let's do it. So I cold-called the CEO of Prostate caecnr cadana, and I said to him, "I have this most amazing cpconet." (Laughter) "It's going to transform your organization. I don't want to tell you about it now, but will you meet with me if I fly all the way to trnotoo?" So I flew here, met down on Front Street East, and we sat in the boardroom, and I said, "Right, here's my vision of getting men growing mustaches all across Canada raising awareness and fndus for your organization." And he looked at me and laughed and said, "Adam, sounds like a really novel idea, but we're an ultraconservative oaziginrtoan." (Laughter) I've haerd this before. I know how it goes. But he said, "We will partner with you, but we're not going to invest in it. You need to figure a way to bring this campaign across here and make it work."

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Then in early 2007, a really interesting thing happened. We had Mo Bros from Canada, from the U.S., and from the U.K. ________ us and calling us and saying, hey, there's nothing for prostate cancer. Bring this campaign to these _________. So we thought, why not? Let's do it. So I cold-called the CEO of Prostate ______ ______, and I said to him, "I have this most amazing _______." (Laughter) "It's going to transform your organization. I don't want to tell you about it now, but will you meet with me if I fly all the way to _______?" So I flew here, met down on Front Street East, and we sat in the boardroom, and I said, "Right, here's my vision of getting men growing mustaches all across Canada raising awareness and _____ for your organization." And he looked at me and laughed and said, "Adam, sounds like a really novel idea, but we're an ultraconservative ____________." (Laughter) I've _____ this before. I know how it goes. But he said, "We will partner with you, but we're not going to invest in it. You need to figure a way to bring this campaign across here and make it work."

Solution


  1. canada
  2. countries
  3. funds
  4. cancer
  5. concept
  6. toronto
  7. emailing
  8. organization
  9. heard

Original Text


Then in early 2007, a really interesting thing happened. We had Mo Bros from Canada, from the U.S., and from the U.K. emailing us and calling us and saying, hey, there's nothing for prostate cancer. Bring this campaign to these countries. So we thought, why not? Let's do it. So I cold-called the CEO of Prostate Cancer Canada, and I said to him, "I have this most amazing concept." (Laughter) "It's going to transform your organization. I don't want to tell you about it now, but will you meet with me if I fly all the way to Toronto?" So I flew here, met down on Front Street East, and we sat in the boardroom, and I said, "Right, here's my vision of getting men growing mustaches all across Canada raising awareness and funds for your organization." And he looked at me and laughed and said, "Adam, sounds like a really novel idea, but we're an ultraconservative organization." (Laughter) I've heard this before. I know how it goes. But he said, "We will partner with you, but we're not going to invest in it. You need to figure a way to bring this campaign across here and make it work."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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prostate cancer 14
mo bros 4
growing mustaches 4
breast cancer 3
cancer foundation 3
million dollars 3
charity starts 2
worst mustache 2
men engaged 2
men growing 2
raising awareness 2
global movement 2
cancer research 2
redefined charity 2
room full 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
prostate cancer foundation 3
men growing mustaches 2

Important Words


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