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1971
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
1973
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From this reading By 1973, with the aid of the electron microscope, the scientists had learned all about it.
1983
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From this reading By 1983 there were too many of them.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading By 1973, with the aid of the electron microscope, the scientists had learned all about it.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
aid
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From this reading By 1973, with the aid of the electron microscope, the scientists had learned all about it.
all
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From this reading By 1973, with the aid of the electron microscope, the scientists had learned all about it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Parents and offspring were sterilized and the offspring placed in state institutions.
areas
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
big
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
bombed-out
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By 1973, with the aid of the electron microscope, the scientists had learned all about it.
called
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
cities
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
climate
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
electron
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From this reading By 1973, with the aid of the electron microscope, the scientists had learned all about it.
eleven
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By 1973, with the aid of the electron microscope, the scientists had learned all about it.
hunters
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
impossible
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
institutions
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From this reading Parents and offspring were sterilized and the offspring placed in state institutions.
intelligence
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
isolated
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading By 1973, with the aid of the electron microscope, the scientists had learned all about it.
lacking
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
large
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
learned
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From this reading By 1973, with the aid of the electron microscope, the scientists had learned all about it.
made
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
majority
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
many
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From this reading By 1983 there were too many of them.
microscope
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From this reading By 1973, with the aid of the electron microscope, the scientists had learned all about it.
mild
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
morons
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
Mutual
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
near
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
necessary
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
new
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
offspring
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From this reading Parents and offspring were sterilized and the offspring placed in state institutions.
other
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
Parents
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From this reading Parents and offspring were sterilized and the offspring placed in state institutions.
phase
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
picture
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
placed
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From this reading Parents and offspring were sterilized and the offspring placed in state institutions.
popularly
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
preserves
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
Retaliation
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
scientists
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From this reading By 1973, with the aid of the electron microscope, the scientists had learned all about it.
side
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
situation
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
solution
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
south
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
state
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From this reading Parents and offspring were sterilized and the offspring placed in state institutions.
sterilized
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From this reading Parents and offspring were sterilized and the offspring placed in state institutions.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
there
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
too
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
totally
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
tried
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From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
war-that-no-one-started
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading A new solution to the impossible situation was tried, large isolated areas in the south where the climate was mild were made into preserves for them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading By 1973, with the aid of the electron microscope, the scientists had learned all about it.
years
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From this reading _The hunters were necessary, of course--but there was the other side of the picture too._ _The first of the_ morons, _as they were popularly called, though they were totally lacking in intelligence, were born in 1971, eleven years after the Mutual Retaliation phase of the big war-that-no-one-started, the majority of them near the big, bombed-out cities.
