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【For】 many people, 【economic】 growth and an increase in possessions are signs of progress,【but】 for anti-consumer groups overconsumption and materialism are sicknesses.【A】 recent Public Broadcasting Service documentary coined the term affluenza,【which】 describes consumption of material goods in a strongly negative way. 11/16
Although its utter absence ? ------ cause
But once comfortable ? ------ decreasing
One woman reported that ? ------ remove
On a smaller scale ? ------ improve
The correlation between income ? ------ almost
Our first desktop computer ? ------ unusual
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⒈Being relatively well-off does ? ------ for
⒉The adaptation levels are the ? ------ neutral
⒊So far as happiness is ? ------ concerned
⒋Of course, in this desperate attempt ------ keep up with
⒌People would probably be ? ------ better off
⒍We heard complaints about ? ------ afford ⒎These findings ? ------ underlie
⒏With less money, there was no ? ------ company 13/16
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⒈Weeping may linger in ?
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