S1: The domestic cat is a contradiction in itself.
P: But the adult pet dog also sees its human family as the dominant members of the pack.
Q: Nursed in kittenhood it develops extraordinary intimacy with mankind.
R: The dog, like the pet cat, sees its owners as pseudo-parents.
S: At the same time, however, the cat continues to retain its independence.
S6: Hence it has won such a reputation for obedience and loyalty.
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S1: He could not rise.
P: All at once, in the distance, he heard an elephant trumpet.
Q: He tried again with all his might, but to no use.
R: The next moment he was on his feet.
S: He stepped into the river.
S6: It was colder than usual.
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S1: Yawning or its absence has been related to various clinical conditions.
P: Interestingly, some clinicians claim that those with acute physical illness don't yawn until they are on road to recovery.
Q: It can be a symptom of brain lesions, haemorrhage, motion sickness and encephalitis.
R: But what is currently known about yawning is essentially anecdotal, mostly because the yawn has not got the respect it deserves.
S: On the other hand, it has been reported that psychotics rarely yawn, except those suffering from brain damage.
S6: It is in reality a releasing stimulus.
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S1: Man has existed for about a million years.
P: Science, as a dominant factor in determining the beliefs of educated men, has existed for about 300 years; as a source of economic technique, for about 150 years.
Q: When we consider how recently it has risen to power, we find ourselves forced to believe that we are at the very beginning of its work in transforming human life.
R: In this brief period it has proved itself an incredibly powerful revolutionary force.
S: He has possessed writing for about 6,000 years, agriculture somewhat longer, but perhaps not much longer.
S6: What its future effects will be is a matter of conjecture, but possibly a study of its effects hitherto may make the conjecture a little less hazardous.
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S1: The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth.
P: When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million miles away.
Q: With such a wide range between its greatest and least distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than others.
R: No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and an occasional comet or asteroid.
S: When Venus is at its nearest to the Earth, it is only 26 million miles away.
S6: When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked aye in broad daylight.
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S1: Work with retarded children, in particular, involves superhuman patience and long-delayed rewards.
P: Another woman faithfully spent two hours a day, five days a week, with a bed-ridden retarded girl.
Q: It was three years before the girl made her first cut in a piece of paper.
R: The girl had never before responded to, or recognised anyone.
S: One woman decided to teach a young brain-damaged girl how to use scissors.
S6: After five years, the girl finally began to smile, when her foster grandparents entered the room.
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S1: He tried the door.
P: The room was neat and clean.
Q: Then he stepped into the room.
R: He waited for a minute or two.
S: It opened easily and he peeped in.
S6: He was careful not to touch anything.
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S1: Frozen foods are so popular today that many people wonder how they ever lived without them.
P: Near the North Pole, where the ground stays frozen all the year around, there is no problem of preserving foods.
Q: Actually, people who live in cool climates have had frozen foods for a long time.
R: Ice helped them when they could get it, but they couldn't get it very often.
S: But people who live in warm climates have not always been able to keep food fresh.
S6: Now refrigerators and deep freezers preserve many foods that could not be kept any other way.
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S1: Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14.
P: He loved children.
Q: On this day, children take part in many activities.
R: Sports, music, drama and debates are arranged in schools.
S: That is why his birthday is celebrated as Children's Day.
S6: Exhibitions of photographs of Pandit Nehru showing his life time are also arranged in some schools.
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S1: For a conversation to be stimulating and sustained, the participants must be active talkers as well as active listeners.
P: This is usually unnecessary, confusing and even boring to your partner.
Q: Some people feel that they have to give long-winded explanations of their views.
R: Make a point of throwing the conversational ball to the other person after you have presented your ideas in an abridged form.
S: Be sure to do both in conversation.
S6: It's better to paint the big picture first, and if your partner wants to know more, you can always fill in with details.
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S1: Gandhi's first political fast was made soon after his return from Africa.
P: He had also received help from this man's sister.
Q: This was when the poor labourers of the cotton mills of Ahmedabad were on strike.
R: He was a friend of the largest mill-owner.
S: Gandhi had made the strikers promise to remain on strike until the owners agreed to accept the decision of an arbitrator.
S6: He did not fast against the mill owners, but in order to strengthen the determination of the strikers.
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S1: Kabir knew that Ramananda got up very Early in the morning and went down on the steps of the 'ghat' to the bathe in the waters of the sacred Ganges.
P: As Ramananda came down the steps before daybreak for his usual bath, he trod on the sleeping man.
Q: Kabir at once jumped up and threw himself at the feet of the preacher.
R: "Ram, Ram" he exclaimed in astonishment.
S: One dark night, Kabir went to the 'ghat' and lay down on one of the river steps.
S6: He said, "You have given me the mantra, 'Ram, Ram,' I have become our disciple".
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S1: We must also understand that the fruits of labour are sweeter than the gifts of fortune.
P: Moreover, too much of thinking is also a disease.
Q: Indeed, thought and action can be separately analysed but can never be separated from each other.
R: Hence, thought to be complete demands action and action without thought also has no value.
S: It keeps us depressed and gloomy.
S6: The best life, therefore, is lived both in thought and deed.
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S1: The houses in the Indus Valley were built of baked bricks.
P: This staircase sometimes continued upwards on to the roof.
Q: Access to the upstairs rooms was by a narrow stone staircase at the back of the house.
R: The drains were incorporated in the walls.
S: The houses had bathrooms and water closets, rubbish chutes and excellent drainage systems.
S6: They led outside into covered sewers which ran down the side of the streets.
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S1: Most of the perishable foods are shipped by refrigerator ships.
P: They are placed in the refrigerated hold of the ship.
Q: Some foods, such as bananas, are shipped before they get ripe.
R: As the green bananas are loaded, a man watches closely the signs of yellow on them.
S: The cool temperature keep the bananas from getting ripe during the trip.
S6: Ripe bananas are poor travellers and even one ripe banana at the start of the trip can spoil a whole ship load of fruit.
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S1: A transformation of consciousness is now beginning to express itself in the field of theoretical architecture.
P: In the still theoretical structure an attempt is being made to create a house that is "a domestication of an ecosystem."
Q: What is happening in the architecture is a shift from the international style of the post industrial era to a symbolic structure.
R: Since architecture is the collective unconscious made visible, the architect does not himself always understand the full cultural implications of his own work.
S: The new form is not a celebration of power over new materials, but a celebration of cooperation with ecosystem.
S6: The relationship between culture and nature is changed, for the architect grows a house like a garden.
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S1: While on a fishing trip, last summer, I watched an elderly man fishing off the edge of a dock.
P: "Why didn't you keep the other big ones?" I asked.
Q: He caught an enormous trout, but apparently not satisfied with its size, he threw it back into the war.
R: He finally caught a small pike, threw it into his pail, and, smiling happily, prepared to live.
S: Amazed, I watched him repeat this performance.
S6: Cheerfully, the old man replied, "Small frying pan."
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S1: There was once a Persian king called Shahryar who had a beautiful wife.
P: When the King discovered this he killed her.
Q: He gave orders that he was to be provided with a new wife every day.
R: He loved her very much, but she was a wicked woman.
S: He decided that all women were wicked and that he would punish them.
S6: After one day's marriage he would cut off her head and marry again.
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S1: We must never allow ourselves to lapse into the evil habit of borrowing money from others.
P: We must work hard and earn money, enough for our wants.
Q: Even if we are fortunate enough to possess surplus wealth, we should take care not to lend out money indiscriminately.
R: If borrowing is bad , lending is worse.
S: Borrowing of a habitual nature prevents us from being industrious.
S6: We must not confuse money lending with generosity.
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S1: There was a time Egypt faced economic crisis.
P: Cotton is the chief export commodity of Egypt.
Q: Foreign trades depend on cultivation of cotton on large scale.
R: It became necessary for Egypt to boost cotton crops.
S: Only by means of increasing foreign trade Egypt could survive.
S6: Egypt was able to sustain itself by its cotton produce.
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