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and sundry. 5. A society’s commitment to gender equality and sexual liberalization proves time and 
again to be the most reliable indicator of how strongly that society supports principles of tolerance 
and egalitarianism. 6. Over and above the planned transfer of powers within the EU, it seemed that 
the national state was to lose its sovereignty and substance in every dimension: financial resources, 
the power to shape things politically and economically, information and cultural policy. 7. If the Iraqi 
brethren were to ask for the participation of an Arab force on their land, we would there and then 
look into this matter, and do what is appropriate. 8. The USA is busy signing trade agreements with 
all and sundry, subverting what little leverage the EU could have possessed. 
Ex. 13. Choose the best word. 
disparate(ly) — desperate(ly)
1. 
I do want to go to the question of why there is so much friction in this place where cultures 
meet, where disparate/desperate ethnic and religious traditions rub up against each other.

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2. In the 1950s, the Germans, still in disparate/desperate need of moral and political rehabilita-
tion, were intent only on rebuilding their economy and keeping their heads below the inter-
national parapet.
3. It was not until the creation of the Afghan mujahideen in the 1980s that the disparate/desper-
ate elements, mullah and foot soldier, dreamers and doers, came together to be forged in a 
fighting force.
4. Nationalism was once a force of integration and unification, a movement aimed at bringing to-
gether disparate/desperate clans, tribes, and cultural fragments under new, assimilationist flags.
5. Poverty is part of a vicious cycle of conflict, disease and weak governance that disparately/
desperately needs to be broken.
6. The disparate/desperate movements of protest were for a moment united in massive resis-
tance.
7. The duke’s local supporters in East Anglia appear not only disparate/desperate but also rela-
tively insignificant.
8. They are disparate/desperate to re-negotiate the transatlantic relationship. They want more 
power and independence.
9. With the advent of multimedia, the disparate/desperate information sectors, such as televi-
sion, film, telephones, books, newspapers and records, will become increasingly integrated 
industries.