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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #44173 Concert
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It    was    the    Live    Aid    concert    that    began    the    fashion    for    in    famous    names    to    deal    with    world    catastrophes.    With    thousands    of    people    dying    of    hunger    in    Ethiopia,    the    Irish    pop    singer    Dob    Geldof    the    problem    by    staging    a    worldwide    satellite-linked    all-star    concert    to    raise    money.    His    message    was    admirably        of    the    usual    showbusiness    hollowness.    Give    us    your    money    he    said,    sometimes    varying    the    message    to    Give    us    your    money    now.    Though    some    cynics    in    the    pop    press    tried    to    suggest    that    Geldof    had    organised    the    event    to    revitalise    his    career,    there    could    be    no    serious    doubt    that    his    motives    were    genuine.    Geldof    himself    was    uneasily    aware    of    such    jibes    but    most    of    his    fellow-    stars,    like    most    of    the    audience,    in  this    exciting    new    development    by    which    fame    paid  tribute    to    the    real    world    of    suffering.    

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