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The Petroleum Institute and the United States Energy Dept. reported sharp drop in oil prices about oil inventory, a development that some inventors interpreted as the first indications of oil cutbacks by the world producers as beginnings to act languishing the drop.

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B. a development that some inventors interpreted to be the first indications that oil cutbacks of the world producers as beginnings began to
C. a development that some inventors interpreted as the first indications that oil cutbacks of the world producers are beginning to
D.which some inventors interpreted as the first indications that oil cutbacks by the world producers began to
E. which some investors interpreted to be the first indications that oil cutbacks of the world producers began to

In 1713, Alexander Pope began his translation of the Iliad, a work that, taking him seven years until completion and that literary critic Samual Johnson, Pope's contemporary, pronounced the greatest translation if any language.
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B. his translation of the Iliad, a work that took him seven years and that literary critic Samual Johnson, Pope's contemporary, pronounced

C.his translation of the Iliad, a work that had taken him seven years to complete and that literary critic Samual Johnson, Pope's contemporary, pronounced it as

D.translating Iliad, a work that, took seven years until completion and that literary critic Samual Johnson, Pope's contemporary, pronounced it as

E.translating the the Iliad, a work that had taken him seven years to complete and literay critic Samuel Johnson, Pope's contemporary, pronounced it

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