1) Claire was a sixteen-year-old girl from Texas when she met John.
2) They met each other at a friend's party and started dating soon after.
3) John, however, moved to New York, and Claire thought she was finished with him.
4) A good friend of hers who lived in New York told Claire that she should look out for John and make sure he stayed out of trouble.
5) One day her friend called Claire and told her she had seen John with another girl.
6) She asked him how he liked New York and when he would come to visit her. He replied he wouldn't probably make it down until Christmas.
7) They said goodbye to each other and hung up. Later that day, Johnny phoned his new girlfriend, but called Claire by mistake. When he called her "sweety," she realized he had cheated on her, and she decided to dump him.
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1) Claire was a sixteen-year-old girl from Texas when she met John, her future boy-friend.
2) They met each other at a friend's party and started dating after it (soon afterwards).
3) John, however, moved to New York and Claire thought she would finish with him.
4) A good friend of hers, who lived in New York, told Claire that she would look out forJohn (???) and make sure he stayed out of trouble.
5) One day her friend calls (called?) Claire and tells (told?) her she saw (had seen) John with another girl.
6) She asked him how New York was and when he would come to visit her. He replied he wouldn't probably make it down (???) until Christmas.
7) They said goodbye to each other and hung up. Later that day Johnny phoned her by mistake because he thought he had dialled the number of his new girlfriend. So, he called her "sweety". She realized he had cheated on her (??) and decided to dump him.
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"...the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy … when most people are working harder for less; when others cannot work at all; when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to bankrupt our enterprises, great and small; when the fear of crime robs law-abiding citizens of their freedom; and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives we are calling them to lead, we have not made change our friend."
--Bill Clinton inaugural address, January 20, 1993
Use the quote to answer the question.
Based on the excerpt, what was Bill Clinton’s opinion of the state of affairs in the United States when he was elected president in 1992?
A. Clinton thought that healthcare reform and other changes were necessary in the United States.
B. Clinton thought that poverty was less of a problem than the standard of living in the middle class.
C. Clinton thought that the people of the United States should prepare for hard times and mutual sacrifice.
D. Clinton thought that the United States would continue its years of prosperity and economic well-being.
--Bill Clinton inaugural address, January 20, 1993
Use the quote to answer the question.
Based on the excerpt, what was Bill Clinton’s opinion of the state of affairs in the United States when he was elected president in 1992?
A. Clinton thought that healthcare reform and other changes were necessary in the United States.
B. Clinton thought that poverty was less of a problem than the standard of living in the middle class.
C. Clinton thought that the people of the United States should prepare for hard times and mutual sacrifice.
D. Clinton thought that the United States would continue its years of prosperity and economic well-being.
A. Clinton thought that healthcare reform and other changes were necessary in the United States.
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