| It was the blast-off time at NASA, but the top engineers were (cynical) about its success. |
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| I'm afraid we will have to make it happen, Fred. I tried to (deter) the officials from setting such an early launch date, but they were determined. | |
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| There is a (copious) amount of evidence that the risks are high. | |
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| Bill was in (despair), believing that the lanch would fail, but the spaceship managed to blast off without disaster |
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| Would you look at that! All of our worry for nothing. | |
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