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Direction: Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Instead of healthy discussion about issues of national ____ we have lies, scandals, mockery, nepotism, and candidates _____ denying their criminal past.

A)  concern, candidly          

B)  importance, blatantly

C)  effect, simply         

D)  attention, honestly

E)  value, publicly