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From the Ted Talk by Ralph Nader: What it takes to create social change against all odds

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Between 1966 and 1976, those six critically _________ _______ were used over and over. It became the golden age of legislation and regulatory action for consumer, worker and environmental protection. Those connected elements of our past campaigns need to be kept in mind by people striving to do the same today for drinking water safety, antibiotic __________ deaths, ________ _______ reform, risks from climate disruption, bio- and nanotech impacts, the nuclear arms race, peace treaties, dangers to children, chemical and radioactive perils, and the like. According to a solid _____ in 2016 by Johns Hopkins ______ of Medicine, preventable ________ deaths take a mind-boggling 5,000 lives a week in America.

Solution


  1. school
  2. justice
  3. criminal
  4. study
  5. hospital
  6. factors
  7. connected
  8. resistance

Original Text


(Laughter)

Between 1966 and 1976, those six critically connected factors were used over and over. It became the golden age of legislation and regulatory action for consumer, worker and environmental protection. Those connected elements of our past campaigns need to be kept in mind by people striving to do the same today for drinking water safety, antibiotic resistance deaths, criminal justice reform, risks from climate disruption, bio- and nanotech impacts, the nuclear arms race, peace treaties, dangers to children, chemical and radioactive perils, and the like. According to a solid study in 2016 by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, preventable hospital deaths take a mind-boggling 5,000 lives a week in America.

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