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I only became involved in politics when democracy returned to Bolivia. Then, unluckily in democracy, we ran into the inheritance of 20 years of military government, a great deal of debt, and a great deal of expense.
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
Politics
Government
Great
Democracy
Great Deal
Military
Ran
Only
Involved
Returned
Became
Deal
Years
Debt
Expense
Then
Inheritance
Bolivia
Jeremy Corbyn became the leader of the Labour party, and suddenly there was a reason to get involved.
Grace Chatto
Leader
Party
Involved
Became
Labour
Get
Labour Party
Reason
Suddenly
Jeremy
More having to do whatever anybody said you had to do. I couldn't really do anything on my own. But as I got older and then came to America and then Grace became my name, it somehow freed me. All of a sudden, I can be this other person.
Grace Jones
Me
You
Grace
Whatever
Own
Older
Other
Somehow
My Own
Having
More
Had
Freed
Name
Became
Said
Got
Came
Person
America
Anybody
Anything
Then
Really
Sudden
Neil's effect on the band was immediate and very fulfilling. He adds a certain edge to the sound and, of course, he is an incredible musician. We became a better band because of the inclusion of Neil Young.
Graham Nash
Better
Edge
Band
Young
Incredible
Adds
Immediate
Musician
Neil
Neil Young
He
Course
Became
Because
Sound
Effect
Very
Certain
Fulfilling
Inclusion
I came from a lower-middle-class postwar family in a time of austerity and retrenchment, with no one in the family who was in any way artistic or a potential mentor to a budding writer, and yet this is what I became.
Graham Swift
Time
Family
Way
Postwar
Potential
Mentor
Writer
No-One
Budding
Became
Came
Austerity
Any
Artistic
Who
Americans who grew up in the 1930s or 1940s still have some fleeting memory of what the country was like before it became the steroidal superpower it is today.
Graydon Carter
Today
Memory
Country
Before
Some
Superpower
Like
Became
Still
Up
American
Grew
Fleeting
Who
Somewhere along the way, New York became all about money. Or rather, it was always about money, but it wasn't all about money, if you know what I mean. New York's not Geneva or Zurich yet, but we're certainly heading in that direction. London is, too.
Graydon Carter
You
Money
Somewhere
Too
Way
London
About
Rather
Direction
Heading
New
Along
Geneva
Know
Became
Always
York
New York
Mean
Certainly
I spent the summers of 1984 and 1985 as an associate pastor at Dolores Mission Church, the poorest parish in the Los Angeles archdiocese. In 1986, I became pastor of the church.
Greg Boyle
Church
Summers
Spent
Angeles
Parish
Mission
Became
Los
Los Angeles
Pastor
Poorest
Associate
Myself and some kids on our estate became obsessed with the creation of the ultimate go-kart. This ambition culminated in the creation of a six-man super-cart, which was essentially a plank of wood with four wheels, and a failed attempt to jump a tributary of the River Severn powered only by Rex, our dog.
Greg Davies
Myself
Dog
Ambition
Creation
Our
Kids
Some
Only
Attempt
River
Failed
Obsessed
Powered
Became
Ultimate
Jump
Wheels
Essentially
Wood
Estate
Which
Plank
Four
We were excited when we sold our first 10 records. I always felt that if we could get the music out there, and if people became accustomed to it, then a substantial number of them would enjoy it.
Greg Ginn
Music
People
First
Enjoy
Our
Sold
Out
Would
Records
Could
Excited
Became
Felt
Always
Were
Get
Accustomed
Substantial
Them
Then
Number
Hillary Clinton became secretary of state under Barack Obama. It's hard to convey just how stunningly cynical she has been on Colombia: In 2008, running against Obama, she opposed, in unambiguous terms, a free-trade deal with Colombia.
Greg Grandin
Cynical
State
Secretary
Has-Been
Obama
Running
Colombia
Hillary
Terms
Hillary Clinton
She
Became
Deal
How
Opposed
Been
Clinton
Just
Against
Barack
Barack Obama
Convey
Hard
When my kids were toddlers, they had all these rotomolded plastic things. My life became surrounded by big, hollow plastic toys - from the scale of playhouses down to rocking horses, and everything in between - which we would then take to the secondhand store. But we'd get sentimentally attached and hate to see them go.
Greg Lynn
Life
Hate
My Life
Big
Down
Secondhand
Everything
Kids
Scale
Would
See
Attached
Horses
Take
Had
Between
Toys
Became
Go
Were
Rocking
Surrounded
Get
Store
In-Between
Which
Them
Hollow
Then
Toddlers
Plastic
Things
It was when my American coach Dan Pfaff came over from the States in 2009 and started working with me that we really began to look at my diet. He decided I was eating too many carbohydrates, so I cut back on bread. Over the next year I lost weight and became leaner.
Greg Rutherford
Me
Year
Lost
Too
Dan
Back
States
Eating
Weight
He
Over
Look
Became
Came
Began
American
Diet
Bread
Decided
Cut
Really
Coach
Next
Working
Next Year
Many
Carbohydrates
Started
A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths.
Greg Walden
Wisdom
Strength
Freedom
Man
Peace
World
Respecting
Promoting
John
John Paul
Both
Inspiration
Throughout
Generations
Became
Catholics
Faiths
Encouraging
Paul
I've always had this core belief in public service. Even before I became a citizen, I volunteered in the Army.
Gregorio Sablan
Service
Army
Citizen
Before
Had
Volunteered
Became
Always
Public
Public Service
Even
Belief
Core
When I started flying, I realized how enjoyable it was, and flying became my main focus while engineering went on the back burner.
Gregory H. Johnson
Focus
Engineering
Back
Flying
Main
Main Focus
Became
How
Burner
While
Realized
Enjoyable
Started
As a kid, I didn't need to be convinced the future promised peril and oppression, so when I started thinking up the middle-grade science fiction novel that became 'The Boy at the End of the World,' it seemed only natural to build the story around a dark vision of the future. In my book, civilization has nearly destroyed itself.
Greg van Eekhout
Future
Science
Natural
Book
Oppression
World
Vision
Dark
Build
Thinking
Kid
Destroyed
Promised
Seemed
Only
Civilization
Peril
Became
Science Fiction
Around
Boy
End
Up
Itself
End Of The World
Fiction
Story
Convinced
Novel
Nearly
Started
Need
When I did plays in high school and college, I never remember memorizing my lines, but once I had blocking, I had all my lines memorized. Once I had movement associated with words, it was fine. Before I had blocking, it was just text on a page. Once it became embodied, it was much easier.
Greta Gerwig
Words
Remember
School
College
Before
Once
Easier
High
Embodied
Fine
Memorizing
High School
High School And College
Never
Had
Became
Blocking
Lines
Text
Did
Just
Movement
Much
Page
Associated
Plays
I've reinvented myself many times in my life. I thought I'd become a concert violinist but burned out at 17. I thought I'd go to law school but became Miss America.
Gretchen Carlson
Life
Myself
Law
School
Thought
My Life
Become
Out
Law School
Miss
Concert
Became
Go
Times
America
Burned
Many
Reinvented
Violinist
I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first.
Griffin Dunne
First
New
Became
Came
York
New York
Producer
Film
Actor
I'm a book guy first, and my education came from two encyclopedias. One was an encyclopedia of health, so I became morbidly obsessed with anatomy, and I thought I had trichinosis, an aneurism, jaundice! And then an encyclopedia of art.
Guillermo del Toro
Education
Art
Health
Book
Thought
First
Anatomy
Guy
Had
Obsessed
Became
Came
Encyclopedia
Then
Two
But somehow, I felt no inclination to be interested in it in any amateur way, let alone professional, until suddenly I became interested. And the first thing I did was to compose: not play an instrument, but to compose.
Gunther Schuller
Alone
First
Way
Compose
Somehow
Until
Instrument
Became
First Thing
Felt
Amateur
Did
Any
The First Thing
Interested
Professional
Inclination
Suddenly
Play
Thing
Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing.
Guy Pearce
Demanding
Broke
Hunt
Laughing
Scene
Scenes
Became
Doing
Quite
Just
After
Breathing
Then
Really
Challenging
Actually
Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.
Gwendolyn Brooks
Life
Words
Achieve
Language
Became
Began
Very
Wonders
Fascinated
Early
Playing
When I became governor, spending actually increased 28 percent my first term. Revenue increased 42 percent my first term without raising anybody's taxes. We did it because we had more taxpayers with more taxable income. That's how you get the revenue up. We did that without raising anybody's taxes.
Haley Barbour
You
First
Increased
Spending
Percent
More
Had
Term
First Term
Became
Because
Without
How
Revenue
Governor
Up
Get
Did
Anybody
Taxable
Taxes
Taxpayers
Income
Actually
Raising
I am a freestyle mogul skier who, on February 13, became the first American to win a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Hannah Kearney
Win
First
Vancouver
February
Freestyle
Became
Am
American
Gold
Gold Medal
Skier
Who
Medal
Olympics
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