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From the Ted Talk by Greg Stone: Saving the ocean one island at a time

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Halfway through this prcseos, I met the president of kirabiti, President Anote Tong. He's a really itonrmpat leader, a real visionary, forward-thinking man, and he told me two things when I approached him. He said, "Greg, there's two things I'd like you to do. One is, remebemr I'm a politician, so you've got to go out and work with my ministers and convince the people of Kiribati that this is a good idea. Secondly, I'd like you to create principles that will tnaecnrsd my own presidency. I don't want to do something like this if it's going to go away after I'm vetod out of office." So we had very strong leadership, very good vision and a lot of science, a lot of lawyers iveovlnd. Many, many steps were taken to pull this off. And it was primarily because Kiribati realized that this was in their own self-interest to do this. They realized that this was a common cause that they had found with the conservation community.

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Halfway through this _______, I met the president of ________, President Anote Tong. He's a really _________ leader, a real visionary, forward-thinking man, and he told me two things when I approached him. He said, "Greg, there's two things I'd like you to do. One is, ________ I'm a politician, so you've got to go out and work with my ministers and convince the people of Kiribati that this is a good idea. Secondly, I'd like you to create principles that will _________ my own presidency. I don't want to do something like this if it's going to go away after I'm _____ out of office." So we had very strong leadership, very good vision and a lot of science, a lot of lawyers ________. Many, many steps were taken to pull this off. And it was primarily because Kiribati realized that this was in their own self-interest to do this. They realized that this was a common cause that they had found with the conservation community.

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  2. transcend
  3. process
  4. important
  5. voted
  6. remember
  7. kiribati

Original Text

Halfway through this process, I met the president of Kiribati, President Anote Tong. He's a really important leader, a real visionary, forward-thinking man, and he told me two things when I approached him. He said, "Greg, there's two things I'd like you to do. One is, remember I'm a politician, so you've got to go out and work with my ministers and convince the people of Kiribati that this is a good idea. Secondly, I'd like you to create principles that will transcend my own presidency. I don't want to do something like this if it's going to go away after I'm voted out of office." So we had very strong leadership, very good vision and a lot of science, a lot of lawyers involved. Many, many steps were taken to pull this off. And it was primarily because Kiribati realized that this was in their own self-interest to do this. They realized that this was a common cause that they had found with the conservation community.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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