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From the Ted Talk by R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products

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And it was that csosiaompn which bothered them, because when he saw — in fact, he told me about eight or nine years ago how he was driving his own car — he drives his own car by the way — and he saw in the rain, a flamiy like the one that I swehod to you getting drenched with an infant. And then he said, "Well, I must give them a car that they can afford, one lakh car, $2,000 car." Of course, as soon as you say something like this people say it is impossible, and that's what was said by Suzuki. He said, oh, probably he is going to build a three-wheeler with stepney. And you can see the cartoon here. Well they didn't build that. They built a proper car. Nano. And mind you, I'm six feet half an inch, rtaan is taller than me, and we have ample space in the front and ample spcae in the back in this particular car. And incredible car. And of course, nothing succdees like success; the cnicys then turned around, and one after the other they also started saying, "Yes, we also want to make a car in the Nano Segment. We'll mrcutnuafae a car in the Nano Segment."

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And it was that __________ which bothered them, because when he saw — in fact, he told me about eight or nine years ago how he was driving his own car — he drives his own car by the way — and he saw in the rain, a ______ like the one that I ______ to you getting drenched with an infant. And then he said, "Well, I must give them a car that they can afford, one lakh car, $2,000 car." Of course, as soon as you say something like this people say it is impossible, and that's what was said by Suzuki. He said, oh, probably he is going to build a three-wheeler with stepney. And you can see the cartoon here. Well they didn't build that. They built a proper car. Nano. And mind you, I'm six feet half an inch, _____ is taller than me, and we have ample space in the front and ample _____ in the back in this particular car. And incredible car. And of course, nothing ________ like success; the ______ then turned around, and one after the other they also started saying, "Yes, we also want to make a car in the Nano Segment. We'll ___________ a car in the Nano Segment."

Solution

  1. succeeds
  2. compassion
  3. showed
  4. ratan
  5. family
  6. cynics
  7. space
  8. manufacture

Original Text

And it was that compassion which bothered them, because when he saw — in fact, he told me about eight or nine years ago how he was driving his own car — he drives his own car by the way — and he saw in the rain, a family like the one that I showed to you getting drenched with an infant. And then he said, "Well, I must give them a car that they can afford, one lakh car, $2,000 car." Of course, as soon as you say something like this people say it is impossible, and that's what was said by Suzuki. He said, oh, probably he is going to build a three-wheeler with stepney. And you can see the cartoon here. Well they didn't build that. They built a proper car. Nano. And mind you, I'm six feet half an inch, Ratan is taller than me, and we have ample space in the front and ample space in the back in this particular car. And incredible car. And of course, nothing succeeds like success; the cynics then turned around, and one after the other they also started saying, "Yes, we also want to make a car in the Nano Segment. We'll manufacture a car in the Nano Segment."

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