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or to blacken Western democracies,” said the delegate in response to the information about 
Louise Arbour’s endorsement of the Arab Charter on Human Rights.
22. Unspoken expectations and lack of trust can gradually undermine any relationship right from 
the start.
23. The manhunt for the sniper who has been long looked for and yet remains free has now be-
come so intense that police with heavy weapons have begun stopping and searching vehicles 
along the main freeway.
24. Society dominated by market values encourages us to believe in values which are here today 
and gone tomorrow and neglect the more lasting and positive ones that we have inherited 
from the past generations.
25. Memories are like stones; time and distance destroys them gradually like acid.
Ex. 9. Complete the following sentences using the words and phrases from Ex. 4 
in their correct form.
1. 
One can’t help but notice that today there are more marriage break-ups and more couples in 
__________ relationships. 
2. Many try to define moral behavior, but a sharp border between moral and immoral behavior 
remains __________.
3. Any school should make every effort to ________ the moral, spiritual and emotional needs of 
a child, and good teachers should recognise that the cultivation of the intellect is linked to the 
education of a child’s disposition and behaviour’.
4. Contemporary conflicts are characterized by a high _______ of civilian deaths. 
5. During the divorce proceedings, his wife said he spent too much time in the office and didn’t 
________ problems at home. 
6. Have the jokes in kids’ animated films become too adult? You have to wonder if adults have 
________ kids’ movies to the point of making them too grown-up for children
7. 
In 1995, the Taliban — then a _______ sect of dangerous, hardline fundamentalists — fought 
its way to power in Afghanistan.
8. In the US, the issue of gun control is a very important one because they do have an increasing 
________ of violence in their communities. 
9. It seems few are willing to stand up and recognize the often ________ influence of TV on our 
society. I especially agree with the comment that news coverage is an endless litany of mur-
ders and rapes. Let’s put crime in its place, rather than showcasing it day after day. 
10. It won’t help you to succeed if you alienate your allies by ______ their moral integrity. 
11. She climbed into the carriage knowing it would perhaps be for the last time; maintaining the 
horses and the grooms was a luxury she would have to _______. 
12. For a city dweller staying healthy is an __________ goal no matter what you do.
13. Society is different from what it was a decade ago. Many elements of today’s reality are the 
________ of what people were used to back then.
14. Some Western scholars described post-Soviet Russia as “Zaire with permafrost, “weak, poor 
headed nowhere in particular” and a “________ power”. 
15. Most Muslims can’t understand why for Europeans the burqa represents the very __________ 
of liberty, free will, and equality.
16. The notion that unity and peace in Europe are two sides of the same coin is _______ for mod-
ern pro-Europeans. 

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