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Another optimistic sign, this one from the Labor Department, was the report that the long rise in unemployment compensation payments `` was interrupted for the first time in the week ending Feb. 25 ''. | interrupted | {
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Another optimistic sign, this one from the Labor Department, was the report that the long rise in unemployment compensation payments `` was interrupted for the first time in the week ending Feb. 25 ''. | ending | {
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Initial claims for jobless benefits were said to have dropped by 8100 in the week ending March 4. | said | {
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Initial claims for jobless benefits were said to have dropped by 8100 in the week ending March 4. | dropped | {
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Initial claims for jobless benefits were said to have dropped by 8100 in the week ending March 4. | ending | {
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Mr. Hodges is so hopeful over the outlook that he does n't think there will be any need of a cut in income taxes. | is | {
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Mr. Hodges is so hopeful over the outlook that he does n't think there will be any need of a cut in income taxes. | think | {
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Well, we can n't have everything. | have | {
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Prosperity for the whole nation is certainly preferred to a tax cut. | is | {
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New Jersey folk need not be told of the builder 's march to the sea, for in a single generation he has parceled and populated miles of our shoreline and presses on to develop the few open spaces that remain. | need | {
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New Jersey folk need not be told of the builder 's march to the sea, for in a single generation he has parceled and populated miles of our shoreline and presses on to develop the few open spaces that remain. | told | {
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New Jersey folk need not be told of the builder 's march to the sea, for in a single generation he has parceled and populated miles of our shoreline and presses on to develop the few open spaces that remain. | parceled | {
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New Jersey folk need not be told of the builder 's march to the sea, for in a single generation he has parceled and populated miles of our shoreline and presses on to develop the few open spaces that remain. | populated | {
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New Jersey folk need not be told of the builder 's march to the sea, for in a single generation he has parceled and populated miles of our shoreline and presses on to develop the few open spaces that remain. | presses on | {
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New Jersey folk need not be told of the builder 's march to the sea, for in a single generation he has parceled and populated miles of our shoreline and presses on to develop the few open spaces that remain. | develop | {
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Now the Stone Harbor bird sanctuary, 31 acres of magic attraction for exotic herons, is threatened, but the battlefront extends far beyond our state. | is | {
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Now the Stone Harbor bird sanctuary, 31 acres of magic attraction for exotic herons, is threatened, but the battlefront extends far beyond our state. | extends | {
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Against the dramatic fight being waged for preservation of 30 miles of Cape Cod shoreline, the tiny tract at Stone Harbor may seem unimportant. | waged | {
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Against the dramatic fight being waged for preservation of 30 miles of Cape Cod shoreline, the tiny tract at Stone Harbor may seem unimportant. | seem | {
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But Interior Secretary Udall warns that there is a race on between those who would develop our few surviving open shorelines and those who would save them for the enjoyment of all as public preserves. | warns | {
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But Interior Secretary Udall warns that there is a race on between those who would develop our few surviving open shorelines and those who would save them for the enjoyment of all as public preserves. | develop | {
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But Interior Secretary Udall warns that there is a race on between those who would develop our few surviving open shorelines and those who would save them for the enjoyment of all as public preserves. | save | {
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The move for establishment of a national seashore park on 30000 acres of Cape Cod, from Provincetown to Chatham, is strengthened by President Kennedy 's interest in that area. | strengthened | {
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But preservation of the natural beauty of the Cape is of more than regional concern, for the automobile age has made it the recreation spot of people from all over the country. | is | {
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But preservation of the natural beauty of the Cape is of more than regional concern, for the automobile age has made it the recreation spot of people from all over the country. | made | {
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By comparison, Stone Harbor bird sanctuary 's allies seem less formidable, for aside from the Audubon Society, they are mostly the snowy, common and cattle egrets and the Louisiana, green, little blue and black-crowned herons who nest and feed there. | seem | {
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By comparison, Stone Harbor bird sanctuary 's allies seem less formidable, for aside from the Audubon Society, they are mostly the snowy, common and cattle egrets and the Louisiana, green, little blue and black-crowned herons who nest and feed there. | are | {
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By comparison, Stone Harbor bird sanctuary 's allies seem less formidable, for aside from the Audubon Society, they are mostly the snowy, common and cattle egrets and the Louisiana, green, little blue and black-crowned herons who nest and feed there. | nest | {
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By comparison, Stone Harbor bird sanctuary 's allies seem less formidable, for aside from the Audubon Society, they are mostly the snowy, common and cattle egrets and the Louisiana, green, little blue and black-crowned herons who nest and feed there. | feed | {
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But there is hope, for Conservation Commissioner Bontempo has tagged the sanctuary as the kind of place the state hopes to include in its program to double its park space. | tagged | {
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But there is hope, for Conservation Commissioner Bontempo has tagged the sanctuary as the kind of place the state hopes to include in its program to double its park space. | hopes | {
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But there is hope, for Conservation Commissioner Bontempo has tagged the sanctuary as the kind of place the state hopes to include in its program to double its park space. | include | {
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But there is hope, for Conservation Commissioner Bontempo has tagged the sanctuary as the kind of place the state hopes to include in its program to double its park space. | double | {
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The desirability of preserving such places as the Cape dunes and Stone Harbor sanctuary becomes more apparent every year. | preserving | {
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The desirability of preserving such places as the Cape dunes and Stone Harbor sanctuary becomes more apparent every year. | becomes | {
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Public sentiment for conserving our rich natural heritage is growing. | growing | {
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But that heritage is shrinking even faster. | shrinking | {
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Much of the glamor President Kennedy 's Peace Corps may have held for some prospective applicants has been removed by Sargent Shriver, the head corpsman. | held | {
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Much of the glamor President Kennedy 's Peace Corps may have held for some prospective applicants has been removed by Sargent Shriver, the head corpsman. | removed | {
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Anybody who is expecting a joyride should, according to Mr. Shriver, get off the train right now. | expecting | {
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Anybody who is expecting a joyride should, according to Mr. Shriver, get off the train right now. | get off | {
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It will be a 16 - hour training day. | be | {
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Then off to a remote place in an underdeveloped country where the diet, culture, language and living conditions will be different. | be | {
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And the pay, of course, will be nil. | be | {
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Despite all this, the idea apparently has captured the imagination of countless youths whose parents are probably more surprised by the response than anybody else. | captured | {
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Despite all this, the idea apparently has captured the imagination of countless youths whose parents are probably more surprised by the response than anybody else. | are | {
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The study of the St. Louis area 's economic prospects prepared for the Construction Industry Joint Conference confirms and reinforces both the findings of the Metropolitan St. Louis Survey of 1957 and the easily observed picture of the Missouri-Illinois countryside. | prepared | {
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The study of the St. Louis area 's economic prospects prepared for the Construction Industry Joint Conference confirms and reinforces both the findings of the Metropolitan St. Louis Survey of 1957 and the easily observed picture of the Missouri-Illinois countryside. | confirms | {
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The study of the St. Louis area 's economic prospects prepared for the Construction Industry Joint Conference confirms and reinforces both the findings of the Metropolitan St. Louis Survey of 1957 and the easily observed picture of the Missouri-Illinois countryside. | reinforces | {
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St. Louis sits in the center of a relatively slow-growing and in some places stagnant mid-continent region. | sits | {
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Slackened regional demand for St. Louis goods and services reflects the region 's relative lack of purchasing power. | reflects | {
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Not all St. Louis industries, of course, have a market area confined to the immediate neighborhood. | have | {
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But for those which do, the slow growth of the area has a retarding effect on the metropolitan core. | has | {
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The city has a stake in stimulating growth and purchasing power throughout outstate Missouri and Southern Illinois. | has | {
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The city has a stake in stimulating growth and purchasing power throughout outstate Missouri and Southern Illinois. | stimulating | {
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Gov. Dalton 's new Commerce and Industry Commission is moving to create a nine-state regional group in a collective effort to attract new industry. | moving | {
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Gov. Dalton 's new Commerce and Industry Commission is moving to create a nine-state regional group in a collective effort to attract new industry. | create | {
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Gov. Dalton 's new Commerce and Industry Commission is moving to create a nine-state regional group in a collective effort to attract new industry. | attract | {
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That is one approach. | is | {
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Another would be to take the advice of Dr. Elmer Ellis, president of the University of Missouri, and provide for an impartial professional analysis of Missouri 's economy. | be | {
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Another would be to take the advice of Dr. Elmer Ellis, president of the University of Missouri, and provide for an impartial professional analysis of Missouri 's economy. | take | {
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He says the state, in order to proceed with economic development, must develop an understanding of how the various parts of its economy fit together and dovetail into the national economy. | says | {
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He says the state, in order to proceed with economic development, must develop an understanding of how the various parts of its economy fit together and dovetail into the national economy. | proceed | {
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He says the state, in order to proceed with economic development, must develop an understanding of how the various parts of its economy fit together and dovetail into the national economy. | develop | {
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He says the state, in order to proceed with economic development, must develop an understanding of how the various parts of its economy fit together and dovetail into the national economy. | fit | {
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He says the state, in order to proceed with economic development, must develop an understanding of how the various parts of its economy fit together and dovetail into the national economy. | dovetail | {
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The research center of the University 's School of Business and Public Administration is prepared to undertake the analysis Dr. Ellis has been talking about. | is | {
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The research center of the University 's School of Business and Public Administration is prepared to undertake the analysis Dr. Ellis has been talking about. | undertake | {
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The research center of the University 's School of Business and Public Administration is prepared to undertake the analysis Dr. Ellis has been talking about. | talking about | {
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He and Dean John W. Schwada of the Business School outlined the project at a recent conference. | outlined | {
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The University can make a valuable contribution to the state 's economic development through such a study. | make | {
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In Southern Illinois, the new federal program of help to economically depressed areas ought to provide some stimulus to growth. | provide | {
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The Carbondale Industrial Development Corp. has obtained a $ 500000 loan to help defray the cost of remodeling a city-owned factory to accommodate production that will provide 500 new jobs. | obtained | {
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The Carbondale Industrial Development Corp. has obtained a $ 500000 loan to help defray the cost of remodeling a city-owned factory to accommodate production that will provide 500 new jobs. | help | {
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The Carbondale Industrial Development Corp. has obtained a $ 500000 loan to help defray the cost of remodeling a city-owned factory to accommodate production that will provide 500 new jobs. | defray | {
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The Carbondale Industrial Development Corp. has obtained a $ 500000 loan to help defray the cost of remodeling a city-owned factory to accommodate production that will provide 500 new jobs. | accommodate | {
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The Carbondale Industrial Development Corp. has obtained a $ 500000 loan to help defray the cost of remodeling a city-owned factory to accommodate production that will provide 500 new jobs. | provide | {
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Carbondale is in the Herrin-Murphysboro-West Frankfort labor market, where unemployment has been substantially higher than the national average. | is | {
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Carbondale is in the Herrin-Murphysboro-West Frankfort labor market, where unemployment has been substantially higher than the national average. | been | {
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The Federal program eventually should have a favorable impact on Missouri 's depressed areas, and in the long run that will benefit St. Louis as well. | have | {
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The Federal program eventually should have a favorable impact on Missouri 's depressed areas, and in the long run that will benefit St. Louis as well. | benefit | {
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Politics-ridden St. Clair county in Illinois presents another piece of the problem of metropolitan development. | presents | {
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More industrial acreage lies vacant in St. Clair county than in any other jurisdiction in the St. Louis area. | lies | {
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The unstable political situation there represents one reason new plants shy away from the East Side. | represents | {
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The unstable political situation there represents one reason new plants shy away from the East Side. | shy away from | {
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St. Louis county under its present leadership also has largely closed its eyes to the need for governmental reform, and permitted parochial interests to take priority over area-wide interests. | closed | {
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St. Louis county under its present leadership also has largely closed its eyes to the need for governmental reform, and permitted parochial interests to take priority over area-wide interests. | permitted | {
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St. Louis county under its present leadership also has largely closed its eyes to the need for governmental reform, and permitted parochial interests to take priority over area-wide interests. | take | {
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Some plant-location specialists take these signs to mean St. Louis county does n't want industry, and so they avoid the area, and more jobs are lost. | take | {
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Some plant-location specialists take these signs to mean St. Louis county does n't want industry, and so they avoid the area, and more jobs are lost. | mean | {
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Some plant-location specialists take these signs to mean St. Louis county does n't want industry, and so they avoid the area, and more jobs are lost. | want | {
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Some plant-location specialists take these signs to mean St. Louis county does n't want industry, and so they avoid the area, and more jobs are lost. | avoid | {
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Some plant-location specialists take these signs to mean St. Louis county does n't want industry, and so they avoid the area, and more jobs are lost. | lost | {
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Metropolitan St. Louis 's relatively slow rate of growth ought to be a priority concern of the political, business, civic and other leaders on both sides of the Mississippi. | be | {
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Without a great acceleration in the metropolitan area 's economy, there will not be sufficient jobs for the growing numbers of youngsters, and St. Louis will slip into second-class status. | slip | {
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Many of our very best friends are reformers. | are | {
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Still we must confess that sometimes some of them go too far. | confess | {
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Still we must confess that sometimes some of them go too far. | go | {
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