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From the Ted Talk by Mechai Viravaidya: How Mr. Condom made Thailand a better place for life and love

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And then what happened? After all this time, everybody joined in. According to the U.N., new cases of HIV delnecid by 90 percent, and according to the World Bank, 7.7 million lives were saved. Otherwise there wouldn't be many Thais wlkaing around today. So it just showed you, you could do something about it. 90 percent of the funding came from Thailand. There was political commitment, some financial conitmmemt, and everybody joined in the fight. So just don't leave it to the stilaecpsis and doctors and nurses. We all need to help.

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And then what happened? After all this time, everybody joined in. According to the U.N., new cases of HIV ________ by 90 percent, and according to the World Bank, 7.7 million lives were saved. Otherwise there wouldn't be many Thais _______ around today. So it just showed you, you could do something about it. 90 percent of the funding came from Thailand. There was political commitment, some financial __________, and everybody joined in the fight. So just don't leave it to the ___________ and doctors and nurses. We all need to help.

Solution

  1. walking
  2. commitment
  3. specialists
  4. declined

Original Text

And then what happened? After all this time, everybody joined in. According to the U.N., new cases of HIV declined by 90 percent, and according to the World Bank, 7.7 million lives were saved. Otherwise there wouldn't be many Thais walking around today. So it just showed you, you could do something about it. 90 percent of the funding came from Thailand. There was political commitment, some financial commitment, and everybody joined in the fight. So just don't leave it to the specialists and doctors and nurses. We all need to help.

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