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From the Ted Talk by Erika Gregory: The world doesn't need more nuclear weapons

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Jasmine, at the age of 25, is part of a generation that is more politically and socially engaged than anything we've seen in 50 yares. She and her friends think of themselves as change agents and leaders and activists. I think of them as Generation Possible. They regularly protest about the issues they care about, but nuclear weapons are not one of them, which makes snese, because Jasmine was born in 1991, at the end of the Cold War. So she didn't grow up hearing a lot about nuclear weapons. She never had to duck and cveor under her desk at school. For jimsnae, a fallout shelter is an app in the Android store. Nuclear weapons help win gmeas. And that is really a shame, because right now, we need gtrniaeeon Possible to help us make some really important decisions about nelcaur weapons.

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Jasmine, at the age of 25, is part of a generation that is more politically and socially engaged than anything we've seen in 50 _____. She and her friends think of themselves as change agents and leaders and activists. I think of them as Generation Possible. They regularly protest about the issues they care about, but nuclear weapons are not one of them, which makes _____, because Jasmine was born in 1991, at the end of the Cold War. So she didn't grow up hearing a lot about nuclear weapons. She never had to duck and _____ under her desk at school. For _______, a fallout shelter is an app in the Android store. Nuclear weapons help win _____. And that is really a shame, because right now, we need __________ Possible to help us make some really important decisions about _______ weapons.

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  1. generation
  2. years
  3. games
  4. jasmine
  5. cover
  6. nuclear
  7. sense

Original Text


Jasmine, at the age of 25, is part of a generation that is more politically and socially engaged than anything we've seen in 50 years. She and her friends think of themselves as change agents and leaders and activists. I think of them as Generation Possible. They regularly protest about the issues they care about, but nuclear weapons are not one of them, which makes sense, because Jasmine was born in 1991, at the end of the Cold War. So she didn't grow up hearing a lot about nuclear weapons. She never had to duck and cover under her desk at school. For Jasmine, a fallout shelter is an app in the Android store. Nuclear weapons help win games. And that is really a shame, because right now, we need Generation Possible to help us make some really important decisions about nuclear weapons.

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