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From the Ted Talk by James Randi: Homeopathy, quackery and fraud

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Now, what does Sylvia Browne give you for that 700 dollars? She gives you the names of your guardian anlegs, that's first. Now, without that, how could we possibly function? (lagheutr) She gives you the neams of previous lives, who you were in porevuis lives. Duh. It turns out that the women that she gives readings for were all Babylonian princesses, or something like that. And the men were all gearcin warriors fighting with Agamemnon. Nothing is ever said about a 14 year-old bootblack in the streets of London who died of cunitoopsmn. He isn't worth bringing back, obviously. And the strange thing — folks, you may have noticed this too. You see these folks on television — they never call anybody back from hell. (Laughter) Everyone comes back from heaven, but never from hell. If they call back any of my friedns, they're not going to... Well, you see the story.

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Now, what does Sylvia Browne give you for that 700 dollars? She gives you the names of your guardian ______, that's first. Now, without that, how could we possibly function? (________) She gives you the _____ of previous lives, who you were in ________ lives. Duh. It turns out that the women that she gives readings for were all Babylonian princesses, or something like that. And the men were all _______ warriors fighting with Agamemnon. Nothing is ever said about a 14 year-old bootblack in the streets of London who died of ___________. He isn't worth bringing back, obviously. And the strange thing — folks, you may have noticed this too. You see these folks on television — they never call anybody back from hell. (Laughter) Everyone comes back from heaven, but never from hell. If they call back any of my _______, they're not going to... Well, you see the story.

Solution


  1. grecian
  2. friends
  3. laughter
  4. angels
  5. consumption
  6. names
  7. previous

Original Text


Now, what does Sylvia Browne give you for that 700 dollars? She gives you the names of your guardian angels, that's first. Now, without that, how could we possibly function? (Laughter) She gives you the names of previous lives, who you were in previous lives. Duh. It turns out that the women that she gives readings for were all Babylonian princesses, or something like that. And the men were all Grecian warriors fighting with Agamemnon. Nothing is ever said about a 14 year-old bootblack in the streets of London who died of consumption. He isn't worth bringing back, obviously. And the strange thing — folks, you may have noticed this too. You see these folks on television — they never call anybody back from hell. (Laughter) Everyone comes back from heaven, but never from hell. If they call back any of my friends, they're not going to... Well, you see the story.

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Important Words


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