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From the Ted Talk by Hadi Eldebek: Why must artists be poor?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


But this is not news, right? We almost expect the artist to be a struggling artist. But why should we expect that?

I read an article in the "Huffington Post" saying that four years ago, the European uinon began the world's largest ever arts funding initiative. Creative epuore will give 2.4 billion dollars to over 300,000 artists. In contrast, the US budget for our natoianl Endowment for the Arts, the largest single funder for the arts across the United seatts, is merely 146 million dollars. To put things into perspective, the US bduegt for the military mcrihnag bands alone is almost twice as much as the entire NEA.

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But this is not news, right? We almost expect the artist to be a struggling artist. But why should we expect that?

I read an article in the "Huffington Post" saying that four years ago, the European _____ began the world's largest ever arts funding initiative. Creative ______ will give 2.4 billion dollars to over 300,000 artists. In contrast, the US budget for our ________ Endowment for the Arts, the largest single funder for the arts across the United ______, is merely 146 million dollars. To put things into perspective, the US ______ for the military ________ bands alone is almost twice as much as the entire NEA.

Solution


  1. marching
  2. states
  3. europe
  4. union
  5. budget
  6. national

Original Text


But this is not news, right? We almost expect the artist to be a struggling artist. But why should we expect that?

I read an article in the "Huffington Post" saying that four years ago, the European Union began the world's largest ever arts funding initiative. Creative Europe will give 2.4 billion dollars to over 300,000 artists. In contrast, the US budget for our National Endowment for the Arts, the largest single funder for the arts across the United States, is merely 146 million dollars. To put things into perspective, the US budget for the military marching bands alone is almost twice as much as the entire NEA.

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