Jim decided to set up his own business because he was tired of just being a cog in a machine.

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They dig deep in search of mineral deposits to replenish those extended in the last year of growth.

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VEGETARIANISM

Until recently, vegetarianism was fairly uncommon in Britain, and it is still considered strange by some. But since the 1960s its popularity has increased greatly, to the (46) _______ that high street stores stock a huge variety of products for vegetarians. The reasons people give for not eating meat are numerous. Perhaps (47) _______ vegetarians do it for moral reasons, arguing that it is wrong to kill. The opposing point of view is that it is natural for us to kill for food, and that we have evolved to do so. Still, there are societies where eating meat is not allowed because it is (48) _______ their religion. There are other good reasons to give up meat, one of which is the inefficiency of livestock farming. A single field of soya bean plants can actually produce 200 times as much protein as the number of cattle which could be raised on the same area of land, so a vegetarian world might be a world without hunger. (49) _______ it is, in theory, cheaper to eat only vegetables, vegetarianism is most popular in richer countries such as Germany and Britain, where many people exclude meat for health reasons. In these countries, at least, it (50) _______ to be a matter of choice rather than necessity.

It's Sunday today. Peter is coming over to Susan's house.

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 I suppose she was the apple of your eye at the time.

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 Asia is home to 50 percent of the world's urban population. At the same time, Europe is home to 14 percent of the world's urban population.

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 The haircut, combined with her new style of clothing, made her look years younger.