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From the Ted Talk by David Logan: Tribal leadership

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Now, some of you may not recognize the scene that's up here. And if you take a look at the headline of Stage Five, which is "Life is graet," this may seem a little inguoourcns. This is a scene or sipnpet from the Truth and Reconciliation process in stuoh Africa for which dmeosnd Tutu won the nboel Prize. Now think about that. South Africa, terrible atrocities had happened in the society. And people came together focused only on those two values: truth and reconciliation. There was no road map. No one had ever done anything like this before.

And in this atmosphere, where the only guidance was people's values and their noble cause, what this gurop accomplished was historic. And people, at the time, feared that South acirfa would end up going the way that Rwanda has gone, descending into one skirmish after another in a civil war that seems to have no end. In fact, South Africa has not gone down that road. Largely because people like Desmond Tutu set up a Stage Five process to involve the thousands and perhaps millions of tribes in the country, to bnirg everyone together. So, people hear this and they conclude the following, as did we in doing the study.

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Now, some of you may not recognize the scene that's up here. And if you take a look at the headline of Stage Five, which is "Life is _____," this may seem a little ___________. This is a scene or _______ from the Truth and Reconciliation process in _____ Africa for which _______ Tutu won the _____ Prize. Now think about that. South Africa, terrible atrocities had happened in the society. And people came together focused only on those two values: truth and reconciliation. There was no road map. No one had ever done anything like this before.

And in this atmosphere, where the only guidance was people's values and their noble cause, what this _____ accomplished was historic. And people, at the time, feared that South ______ would end up going the way that Rwanda has gone, descending into one skirmish after another in a civil war that seems to have no end. In fact, South Africa has not gone down that road. Largely because people like Desmond Tutu set up a Stage Five process to involve the thousands and perhaps millions of tribes in the country, to _____ everyone together. So, people hear this and they conclude the following, as did we in doing the study.

Solution


  1. incongruous
  2. africa
  3. snippet
  4. bring
  5. nobel
  6. desmond
  7. south
  8. great
  9. group

Original Text


Now, some of you may not recognize the scene that's up here. And if you take a look at the headline of Stage Five, which is "Life is Great," this may seem a little incongruous. This is a scene or snippet from the Truth and Reconciliation process in South Africa for which Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Prize. Now think about that. South Africa, terrible atrocities had happened in the society. And people came together focused only on those two values: truth and reconciliation. There was no road map. No one had ever done anything like this before.

And in this atmosphere, where the only guidance was people's values and their noble cause, what this group accomplished was historic. And people, at the time, feared that South Africa would end up going the way that Rwanda has gone, descending into one skirmish after another in a civil war that seems to have no end. In fact, South Africa has not gone down that road. Largely because people like Desmond Tutu set up a Stage Five process to involve the thousands and perhaps millions of tribes in the country, to bring everyone together. So, people hear this and they conclude the following, as did we in doing the study.

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