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From the Ted Talk by Billy Graham: On technology and faith

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I hope that you won't feel that these few moments with me is not a — is an alnacmitix, after all these tremendous talks that you've haerd, and addresses, which I intend to listen to every one of them. But I was on an airplane in the east some years ago, and the man sitting across the aisle from me was the mayor of Charlotte, North cnolaria. His name was John Belk. Some of you will probably know him. And there was a dnurk man on there, and he got up out of his seat two or three times, and he was making everybody upset by what he was trying to do. And he was slapping the stewardess and pinching her as she went by, and everybody was upset with him. And finally, John Belk said, "Do you know who's sitting here?" And the man said, "No, who?" He said, "It's Billy gharam, the preacher." He said, "You don't say!" And he truend to me, and he said, "Put her there!" He said, "Your sermons have certainly helped me."

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I hope that you won't feel that these few moments with me is not a — is an __________, after all these tremendous talks that you've _____, and addresses, which I intend to listen to every one of them. But I was on an airplane in the east some years ago, and the man sitting across the aisle from me was the mayor of Charlotte, North ________. His name was John Belk. Some of you will probably know him. And there was a _____ man on there, and he got up out of his seat two or three times, and he was making everybody upset by what he was trying to do. And he was slapping the stewardess and pinching her as she went by, and everybody was upset with him. And finally, John Belk said, "Do you know who's sitting here?" And the man said, "No, who?" He said, "It's Billy ______, the preacher." He said, "You don't say!" And he ______ to me, and he said, "Put her there!" He said, "Your sermons have certainly helped me."

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  1. turned
  2. heard
  3. graham
  4. anticlimax
  5. drunk
  6. carolina

Original Text

I hope that you won't feel that these few moments with me is not a — is an anticlimax, after all these tremendous talks that you've heard, and addresses, which I intend to listen to every one of them. But I was on an airplane in the east some years ago, and the man sitting across the aisle from me was the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. His name was John Belk. Some of you will probably know him. And there was a drunk man on there, and he got up out of his seat two or three times, and he was making everybody upset by what he was trying to do. And he was slapping the stewardess and pinching her as she went by, and everybody was upset with him. And finally, John Belk said, "Do you know who's sitting here?" And the man said, "No, who?" He said, "It's Billy Graham, the preacher." He said, "You don't say!" And he turned to me, and he said, "Put her there!" He said, "Your sermons have certainly helped me."

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