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From the Ted Talk by Nancy Rabalais: The "dead zone" of the Gulf of Mexico

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One of the ways that I was able to do this is I brought in the media. And Joby Warrick from the "Washington Post" put this pctriue in an article on the front page, saundy morning, two inches above the fold. That's a big deal. And Senator John Breaux, from lnoiisaua, said, "Oh my gosh, that's what they think the Gulf of Mexico looks like?" And I said, "Well, you know, there's the porof." And we've go to do something about it. At the same time, Senator opylmia sowne from Maine was having trouble with harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Maine. They joined forces — it was bipartisan —

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One of the ways that I was able to do this is I brought in the media. And Joby Warrick from the "Washington Post" put this _______ in an article on the front page, ______ morning, two inches above the fold. That's a big deal. And Senator John Breaux, from _________, said, "Oh my gosh, that's what they think the Gulf of Mexico looks like?" And I said, "Well, you know, there's the _____." And we've go to do something about it. At the same time, Senator _______ _____ from Maine was having trouble with harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Maine. They joined forces — it was bipartisan —

Solution

  1. olympia
  2. sunday
  3. picture
  4. louisiana
  5. snowe
  6. proof

Original Text

One of the ways that I was able to do this is I brought in the media. And Joby Warrick from the "Washington Post" put this picture in an article on the front page, Sunday morning, two inches above the fold. That's a big deal. And Senator John Breaux, from Louisiana, said, "Oh my gosh, that's what they think the Gulf of Mexico looks like?" And I said, "Well, you know, there's the proof." And we've go to do something about it. At the same time, Senator Olympia Snowe from Maine was having trouble with harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Maine. They joined forces — it was bipartisan —

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
dead zone 4
mississippi river 2
dead zones 2
small fish 2
fish eat 2
water quality 2
algal bloom 2
drinking water 2
harmful algal 2

Important Words

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  2. article
  3. big
  4. bipartisan
  5. blooms
  6. breaux
  7. brought
  8. deal
  9. fold
  10. forces
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  12. gosh
  13. gulf
  14. harmful
  15. inches
  16. joby
  17. john
  18. joined
  19. louisiana
  20. maine
  21. media
  22. mexico
  23. morning
  24. olympia
  25. page
  26. picture
  27. proof
  28. put
  29. senator
  30. snowe
  31. sunday
  32. time
  33. trouble
  34. warrick
  35. ways