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Direction: In the passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. The U.S. is in the (83) of a cleanup of toxic financial waste that will (84) taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars at the very least. The primary manufacturers of these hazardous products (85) multimillion-dollar paychecks for their efforts. So why shouldn't they (86) to pay for their mopup? This is, after all, what the U.S. Congress (87) in 1980 for (88) of actual toxic waste. Under the Superfund law (89) that year, polluters (90) for the messes they make. Environmental lawyer E. Michael Thomas sees no reason lawmakers couldn't demand the same of financial polluters and force them to ante up some of the bank bailout money.

A)  revoked                       

B)  forced

C)  squashed                     

D)  abandoned

E)  enacted