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From the Ted Talk by Erricka Bridgeford: How Baltimore called a ceasefire

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There is a pastor in bmtilaroe. His name is Michael Phillips, he is the pastor of Kingdom Life Church, and he often tlaks about how problems show up in our lives so aognarlrty, with so much confidence, as if there is just nothing we can do about them. And the murder rate in Baltimore had been doing that. Year after year, it just kept showing up as this big thing that there was nothing any of us could do anything about.

But the thing about Baltimore is that it has never been the one to just be defeated. So the story about the Baltimore Ceasefire is that Baltimore lokeod the murder rate in the eye and said, "What you're not going to do is snatch our gerstenas."

Open Cloze


There is a pastor in _________. His name is Michael Phillips, he is the pastor of Kingdom Life Church, and he often _____ about how problems show up in our lives so __________, with so much confidence, as if there is just nothing we can do about them. And the murder rate in Baltimore had been doing that. Year after year, it just kept showing up as this big thing that there was nothing any of us could do anything about.

But the thing about Baltimore is that it has never been the one to just be defeated. So the story about the Baltimore Ceasefire is that Baltimore ______ the murder rate in the eye and said, "What you're not going to do is snatch our _________."

Solution


  1. greatness
  2. baltimore
  3. arrogantly
  4. looked
  5. talks

Original Text


There is a pastor in Baltimore. His name is Michael Phillips, he is the pastor of Kingdom Life Church, and he often talks about how problems show up in our lives so arrogantly, with so much confidence, as if there is just nothing we can do about them. And the murder rate in Baltimore had been doing that. Year after year, it just kept showing up as this big thing that there was nothing any of us could do anything about.

But the thing about Baltimore is that it has never been the one to just be defeated. So the story about the Baltimore Ceasefire is that Baltimore looked the murder rate in the eye and said, "What you're not going to do is snatch our greatness."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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  15. murder
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  17. phillips
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  22. snatch
  23. story
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  25. year